*Be Inspired Intercessory Prayer and Testimony*
*Tuesday 8th December 2020*
*Anchor:* sis Leah
*Topic::* *Enviness and Destiny*
*Text:*
Heavenly father we worship you. We give all praise and glory to you. You are mighty man in battle and awesome God we lift our programme unto you we ask that you speak to us. Father take all the glory and let your name only be lifted high in Jesus name..
What do we understand by these two words??
*Bro Lionel:* To envy is to want what someone else has being ready to even hurt them for it
*Envy*: denotes a longing to possess something awarded to or achieved by another:
*Destiny:* are events orchestrated to happen or occur in the life of an individual while on earth
The next question is
can a believer envy?
Should a believer envy?
*Sis Bimbo*: Enviness is a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
We will be looking at a story that we must have read or heard of from the Bible
*Sis Bimbo*: Believer can envy
Believer should not envy
*Bro Lionel:* Yes they can but no they shouldn’t as it is not Love!!! Whcih we are called to
Now when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the [distinctive] multicolored tunic which he was wearing; then they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty; there was no water in it. Then they sat down to eat their meal. When they looked up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead [east of the Jordan], with their camels bearing ladanum resin [for perfume] and balm and myrrh, going on their way to carry the cargo down to Egypt. Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood (murder)? Come, let us [instead] sell him to these Ishmaelites [and Midianites] and not lay our hands on him, because he is our brother and our flesh.” So his brothers listened to him and agreed. Then as the Midianite [and Ishmaelite] traders were passing by, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And so they took Joseph [as a captive] into Egypt.
Genesis 37:23-28 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/gen.37.23-28.AMP
He was in Potiphars house 🏘️ a slave who was given authority over everything in a foreign man's house
The only thing Joseph had no authority above was Potiphars wife
Joseph knew that he was pregnant with dream of greatness by the time Potiphars wife tried to seduce him
Unlike the likes of Samson he declined
Because He knew that He has something greater inside of Him that unnecessary attraction and fantasies stands no chance of ryining
He was not ready to allow that happen to him
You would have thought enviness ends with just being a favourite child with the beautiful coat
Even his looks nearly got him in trouble if not for God
The warden committed to Joseph’s care (management) all the prisoners who were in the prison; so that whatever was done there, he was in charge of it. The warden paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s care because the Lord was with him; whatever Joseph did, the Lord made to prosper.
Genesis 39:22-23 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/gen.39.22-23.AMP
Here was another event in Joseph's life He was sent to prison and even in the prison he was still favoured
I hope we are following
We started from enviness then how destiny was playing out in the life of this great man
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you [in charge] over all the land of Egypt.” Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and dressed him in [official] vestments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. Now Joseph [had been in Egypt thirteen years and] was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Joseph departed from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt [performing his duties].
Genesis 41:41-42, 46 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/gen.41.41-46.AMP
Here we read of how this man started fulfilling destiny
Imagine they wanted to kill him but the dream inside of him made it impossible because God was the one who placed that dream in him nor any man
Although he went through obstacle divers hurdles
Even his own blood betrayed him but God was with him
Let us go back to enviness
Believers do envy
The fact that you are a church pastor or a minister or leader doesn't mean you can't envy
It is not part of the fruit of the spirit it's something you must never allow to take root in your life
No matter how it goes in life or what anyone seem to possess more than you do not envy
Some try to claim covetousness is okay but I Tell you when you cover what God hasn't written in your destiny you short change yourself
You delay destiny from coming into play at the right time
We live in that age that many people are driven by what they see
The fact that someone looks all good on social media doesn't mean they are better than you
In fact some people end up in competition that they are not meant to be in
Do you know if Joseph's brother were privy to the end story of Joseph they wouldn't have sold him
But guess what selling him was a journey an event in His destiny
Those tough time made Him who He was
He was a pampered child
Imagine a pampered child sold into slavery
Then becoming a worker in charge of a foreign man's empire
Then into prison
Then becoming the prime minister in a foreign land
He must have and would have had to take some tough decisions
He never allowed his past to deal an ugly blow to his present time or future
Today we are reading about Joseph but I want us to check ourselves
Are you the type that get bittered
When you are told about people's progress
Are you the type that doesn't wish other well
Or even when you do you still have bad reservation inside of you
Are you the type that you just can't be happy for others you like the attention they have or get and if it was not for Christ or the fact that it's a crime you can hurt them
You need to speak to yourself and get rid of that
It didn't end well for Joseph's brothers
They later bowed to him
What he told them years ago when he was a child eventually came to manifestation because it was part of His destiny
Always remember enviness cannot destroy destiny especially if God is involved
Let us pray
Our father we thank you for another time to gather and share your word
Lord thank you for the destiny that is indestructible that you have given to us all
Say lord burn out every iota of enviness that wants to limit me from who you have called me to be
Lord give me victory over every gathered enviness known or unknown that wants to destroy my destiny
Lord I commit my life into your hands direct me to the very end never let me fall for evil enticement
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