Joseph the Dreamer was sold off. He lost everything. (Genesis 37)
In your own "pit" experience, please remember the pit is not your final destination! When you are down to nothing God is up to something!
· Remember that a rubber band is not usable until it is stretched.
· A tea kettle sounds best when it is up to its neck in hot water.
· A wheel barrel doesn’t work unless it is pushed. The pressure you may feel is trying to push you to another level.
1.) The pit is not your potential. Don’t get accustomed to it.
- It is a test, it is a trial, it is temporary.
2.) If you are in a pit, then you may be next in line for a promotion
- In one day Joseph went from the prison to the palace.
- In one day Daniel went from the lion's den to promotion.
- In one day David went from a warrior to a king.
3.) Losers focus on what they are going through, champions focus on where they are going to! Joseph kept the big picture in mind. Pit is temporary.
- There is no victory without a battle.
- No sunrise without a midnight.
- It is darkest right before dawn.
- There is no tunnel without light at the end.
4.) Your reaction to others in their pit determines God's reaction to you in your pit.
- Help someone else! Reap what you sow.
5.) Those that control the pain of the now don’t control the pleasure of the future.
- Your enemies will come bending to you! (Isaiah 60 v. 14)
6.) When in a pit, Satan may use the closest person to you to hurt you.
- Demas hurt Paul and Judas hurt Jesus.
7.) You can never win a spiritual battle logically.
- God stripped Joseph of everything to get him to the palace. I am sure that he couldn’t understand why, but God’s ways are above our ways.
8.) Don’t make it a pit of offense.
- Don’t be offended. It could open the door for the devil.
Remember, when you are down to nothing, God is up to something!
