Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone
workplace, could you be replaced immediately, or would they attempt to beg you to stay? Solutions are more important than opinions. God created you to be someone’s blessing and to be a problem solver, not a problem maker. Joseph had a solution to a coming crisis, and his plan made room for his exaltation. Fulfill someone else’s dream, and you will eventually fulfill yours. When Joseph was preparing grain for seven years of storage, he was unknowingly preparing to save his own brothers from death and famine. When you help fulfill someone else’s dream, God will eventually help you to fulfill your dream. Ruth took care of her mother-inlaw but eventually married the man of her dreams. Esther prepared six months for a beauty contest and risked her life to save her own people; however, as queen she defeated Haman and his plot of death. Joshua spent forty years as Moses’s personal minister but was selected to replace the man of God when he died. After following Elijah, Elisha was the one who received the double-portion anointing. David cared for his father’s sheep and was in training to one day be Israel’s king. There seems to be a spiritual principle that when you serve others first, God eventually exalts you. Endure your testing before arriving at your destination. Just look at David. After killing Goliath, he married King Saul’s daughter. In jealousy, Saul attempted on numerous occasions to assassinate David, chasing him
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