WISDOM AND THE BLESSED LIFE BY JOYCE MEYER

(Joyce) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO PROMOTE YOU, THEN YOU ARE LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE. TODAY ON “ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE” YOU’RE GONNA DISCOVER WHERE TRUE PROMOTION COMES FROM AND HOW YOU CAN BE PROMOTED THE RIGHT WAY. (music)

(Joyce) I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT PROMOTION BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WISDOM WILL PROMOTE US. THE FIRST THING I THINK YOU NEED TO REALIZE IS THAT TRUE PROMOTION COMES FROM GOD, SO IF YOU NEED A PROMOTION IN LIFE, ON YOUR JOB, FINANCIALLY, IN RELATIONSHIPS, WHATEVER, ARE YOU LOOKING TO MAN TO PROMOTE YOU OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR GOD TO PROMOTE YOU? YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR EYES OFF OF PEOPLE AND ONTO GOD. YOU CANNOT EXPECT PEOPLE TO GIVE YOU WHAT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE YOU. (applause) IF YOUR BOSS IS NOT PROMOTING YOU, THEN DON’T GET MAD AT HIM. DIG IN DEEPER WITH GOD BECAUSE IF GOD WANTS TO PROMOTE YOU AND THIS PERSON IS NOT DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING, GOD CAN CIRCUMVENT THAT PERSON. HE CAN MOVE THEM OUT IF HE NEEDS TO AND BRING IN SOMEBODY WHO WILL TREAT YOU RIGHT. HE CAN MOVE YOU TO ANOTHER POSITION. HE CAN CREATE A POSITION FOR YOU BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND TODAY THAT IF YOU DO WHAT IS RIGHT, THERE IS NO DEVIL IN HELL AND NO PERSON ON EARTH WHO WILL KEEP YOU FROM HAVING WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE. (applause)

I REMEMBER ALL THE YEARS THAT I WASTED TIME BEING MAD AT THIS ONE BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T DOING THAT FOR ME AND BEING MAD AT THAT ONE BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T DO THAT. YOU DIDN’T DO THIS FOR ME. YOU DIDN’T DO THAT FOR ME. WHAT ABOUT ME? I WORK HARD AND YOU PROMOTED THEM. NYA-NYA-NYA. (laughing) ALL YOU’RE DOING WHEN YOU DO THAT IS JUST GOING AROUND THE SAME STUPID MOUNTAIN OVER AND OVER. (laughing) FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS TRYING TO MAKE AN 11-DAY TRIP. (laughing) THAT’S ALL IT AMOUNTS TO. GOD SAID TRUE PROMOTION DOESN’T COME FROM THE EAST, THE WEST, THE NORTH, THE SOUTH; IT DOESN’T COME FROM YOUR BOSS, IT DOESN’T COME FROM THE BANK. TRUE PROMOTION COMES FROM GOD AND GOD ALONE. (Amen!) YOU DON’T WANT TO TRY TO PUT YOURSELF SOMEWHERE BECAUSE I’LL TELL YOU, IF YOU PUT YOURSELF SOMEWHERE, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP YOURSELF THERE AND IT IS HARD WORK. LET GOD DO THE PUTTING. GOD PUT ME IN THIS POSITION AND I DON’T HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO KEEP IT. IF HE’S EVER FINISHED WITH ME, WE’LL ALL KNOW THAT BUT UNTIL HE IS, NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT GOD’S DOING. (applause) IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER ANYBODY LIKES THE FACT THAT I’M A WOMAN, IT DOESN’T MATTER IF THEY LIKE MY PERSONALITY. IT DOESN’T MATTER. NOTHING MATTERS BECAUSE WHEN GOD PUTS YOU, HONEY, YOU’RE PUT! AND OH, HOW SWEET IT IS WHEN YOU KNOW IT’S GOD. AMEN? (Amen!)