You Are Good Seed | 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. It's great to have you with us today. I know God has amazing things in your future. I hope you'll stay connected with us all through the week. You can download our podcast, listen to the message at any time, or you can go to our YouTube channel. But thanks for tuning in. I like to start with something funny. I heard about this country grandmother. She'd go out on her front porch every morning and thank the Lord for another day. Her neighbor didn't believe in God.
He'd shout back, there's no such thing as the Lord. One day he overheard her asking God to give her groceries for the week. He snuck over early the next morning, put groceries on her front porch. She came out and said, thank you, Lord. You did it again. He laughed and said, God didn't give you those groceries. I put them there. She said, Lord, thank you. You not only sent me the groceries, but you made the devil pay for them. 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 you are good seed.
Life tries to convince us that we're average. There's nothing special about us. We have too many obstacles. We'll never accomplish our dreams. We've made too many mistakes. We'll never leave our mark. We don't realize who we are. The scripture says we have the divine nature of God. We are His offspring. That means you have the DNA of Almighty God. In your seed is favor, creativity, courage, new levels. You can't have God's DNA and be average. That seed will override challenges. That seed will propel you where you can't go on your own. If you're going to reach your potential, you have to know you are good seed. God wouldn't have breathed his life into you. He wouldn't have chosen you before you could choose him if you didn't have purpose, destiny, greatness.
There's something in you that will cause you to leave your mark. You may have made mistakes, but that didn't stop the seed. You may have come from negative circumstances, but that doesn't change your seed. Don't let how you were raised, what you didn't get, any dysfunction convince you that you're not up to par. You can't do something great. The environment doesn't change the seed. You can have bad circumstances, but because you're a good seed, you're still going to shine. You're still going to blossom. A young lady told me how when her mother was pregnant with her, she was addicted to drugs. When she was born, she had the same addiction. It seemed like she was at a disadvantage. She was sent from foster home to foster home.
All the odds were against her, but today she's successful. She runs her own company. She has healthy children, a great marriage. Why is that? Bad circumstances can't stop a good seed. Can I tell you, you are good seed. God has crowned you with favor. You have royal blood flowing through your veins. You wouldn't be here if you weren't equipped, empowered, and anointed. You may have been raised in an unhealthy environment by people that had issues, but here's the key. You came through your mother, but you came from Almighty God. Who you come from is more important than who you come through. And the soil may not always be perfect, but because your seed is so good, you will succeed despite the dysfunction.
You will prosper despite the economy. You will raise great children despite negative influences. You will overcome the illness despite what the medical report says. All these negative circumstances, really, they're just fertilizer. They can't stop your seed. The stinky stuff, the bad breaks, the people that walked away, we don't like it, but it didn't stop your destiny.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:57
2
What does it mean to be considered 'good seed'?
4:57–9:33
3
How can past mistakes affect our perception of ourselves?
9:33–10:47
4
What role do negative circumstances play in our growth?
10:47–16:57
5
How does the concept of 'fertilizer' relate to personal challenges?
16:57–30:46