Joel Osteen - You Are Blessed

Psalms 37:19, "Even in famine, the righteous will have more than enough". It doesn't say that God will get you out of the famine so you can have more than enough, he'll stop the people at work from doing you wrong, stop the injustice then you'll be blessed. No, you are blessed in the trouble. You are blessed in the famine.

Isaiah 43:19 said, "God will make streams in the desert". We all want to get out of the desert, out of this difficulty, but sometimes God will leave you in an uncomfortable situation. He won't turn around what you don't like, but he'll make a stream in that desert, he'll bless you in the middle of the trouble.

This blessing will cause you to blossom when you should be drying up. It'll cause you to excel when you should be stuck. The blessing will make up for when people do you wrong. They may have taken your land so to speak, but they didn't take your blessing. They took the position, but they didn't take the favor on your life. The blessing will cause you to flourish in the famine, to succeed in the struggle, to excel despite what tried to hold you back.

This blessing will cause you to defy the odds. The blessing is not dependent on the land, on the position, on what the experts say. The blessing is on you. It's the power of the Most High, his favor causing you to excel.

And here's the great news: you're not waiting to be blessed, hoping to one day get this blessing, you are blessed, it's already happened. When you understand that you have the blessing, you'll put your shoulders back and pray bold prayers. You'll believe for things that seem impossible.

Joseph was assigned to a difficult place, with difficult people, but none of that stopped the blessing. He was blessed in the pit when his brothers betrayed him. He was blessed in Potiphar's house as a slave in a foreign country. He was blessed in the prison, falsely accused and unfair. The blessing on his life not only sustained him, kept him from being defeated, but it caused him to keep rising to the top.