Building Deep for God

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Building Deep for Gods High Calling
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5Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart I appointed
you as a prophet to the nations.
(Jer. 15)
What Will I Be When I Grow Up?
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A Higher Calling Purpose
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God works on the Posture of our heart to Position
us to fulfill His high calling
What lies behind us and what lies before us are
tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

(Oliver Wendell
Holmes)
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Joseph An Early Portrait (Gen. 37)

• Jacobs favourite son
• Proud, arrogant, boastful
• Entertained thoughts of greatness
• and superiority

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The Four Crises Towards Josephs High-Calling
In the moment of crisis a man is introduced to
himself. (Ronnie Teoh)
The heart is deceitful above all things and
beyond cure. Who can understand it? (Jer. 179)
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The PIT-Stop
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Pit

• Crisis of CALLING
• Tested in PRIDE
• So when Joseph came to his brothers, they
  stripped him of his robe the richly ornamented
  robe he was wearing and they took him and threw
  him into the cistern. (Gen.
  3723-24a)

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Pit

• God is building
• HUMILITY
• God opposes the proud but gives grace to the
  humble (1 Pet. 55b)
• Called to die to SELF

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Potiphars House
So he left in Josephs care everything he had
with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself
with anything except the food he ate.
(Gen. 396)

• Crisis of CHARACTER
• Tested in PLEASURE
• (human lust desire)
• the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his
  eyes
• (1 Jn. 216)

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Potiphars House

• God is building
• HOLINESS
• Called to FEAR GOD
• With me in charge, my master does not concern
  himself with anything in the house everything he
  owns he has entrusted to my care. No one is
  greater in this house than I am. My master has
  withheld nothing from me except you, because you
  are his wife. How then can I do such a wicked
  thing and sin against God?
• (Gen. 398-9)

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Prison

• Crisis of CONVICTION
• Tested in human PLANS
• Not only so, but we also rejoice in our
  sufferings, because we know that suffering
  produces perseverance perseverance, character
  and character, hope.
• (Rom. 53-4)

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Prison

• God is building HOPE
• Called to TRUST GOD
• Commit your way (plan) to the Lord trust in him
  and he will do this He will make your
  righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of
  your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before
  the Lord and wait patiently for Him do not fret
  when men succeed in their ways, when they carry
  out their wicked schemes.
• (Ps. 375-7)

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Palace
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made
all this known to you, there is no- one so
discerning and wise as you. You shall be in
charge of my palace, and all my people are to
submit to your orders. Only with respect to the
throne will I be greater than you. So Pharaoh
said to Joseph, I hereby put you in charge of
the whole land of Egypt. (Gen.
4139-41)
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Palace

• Crisis of CORRUPTION
• Tested in POWER
• Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you
  want to test a mans character, give him
  power.
• (Abraham Lincoln)

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Palace

• God is building a
• HIGHER PURPOSE in life
• You intended to harm me, but God intended it for
  good to accomplish what is now being done, the
  saving of many lives.
• (Gen 5020)
• Called to SERVE GOD

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In a large house there are articles not only of
gold and silver, but also of wood and clay some
are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. If a
man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be
an instrument for noble purposes, made holy,
useful to the Master and prepared to do any good
work. (2 Tim. 220-21)
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