Joel Osteen - Your Time To Shine

I want to talk to you today about Your Time To Shine. God created you to leave your mark. You're not supposed to live and die, and nobody knew you were here. You have greatness in you. Psalm 45:2-4 says, "God himself has blessed you, oh mighty warrior, you are glorious. Go out and perform awe inspiring deeds. Your God has anointed you".

Isaiah 60:1 said, "Arise and shine, for the glory of the Lord is upon you". It doesn't say, "The glory is going to be there one day. Sometime in the future you're going to be blessed, you're going to be favored, anointed". No, the glory of God is on you right now. If you're going to see it, you have to arise. You won't shine like you should if you play it safe all the time.

Don't live in fear, shrinking back, thinking the odds are too big, the opposition too strong, I can't accomplish my dream. No, arise and shine. The glory of God is on you. You are a mighty warrior. Go out and perform these awe-inspiring deeds. "Go out" is the key. "Arise" is the first step. You can't sit back and think it's going to happen, you have to activate your faith.

When people don't honor God, when their strife, division, all kinds of evil, that's when you need to arise and shine. That's when you'll see the glory of God. That's when he'll bring you through the fire without the smell of smoke. That's when you'll rebuild the walls, accomplish great dreams, when the odds are against you. That's when God will change the king's mind, turn the decree around, because you're an Esther, you had the boldness, the faith to believe that you're glorious, to know that God himself has blessed you. That he's fighting your battles, that he's making ways where you don't see away.

God is saying, "If you'll arise, I'll cause you to shine. If you'll take steps of faith, I'll defeat your enemies, I'll open the right doors, I'll bring the right people, I'll give you the wisdom, the creativity, the abundance". There are awe-inspiring deeds in your future. They're a mighty exploits coming your way.

Now, rise up mighty warrior, and possess the land. If you'll do this, I believe and declare: you're going to do mighty exploits, God's about to do something you've never seen. Like Peter, you're going to be awestruck, new doors opening, abundance, healing, breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny, in Jesus name.