The Lord Is You, And You Are Successful Man/Woman

Hey dudes, this is the DG msg that was being shared during Daregroup, and this is very important for you especially during this time as you prepare for your exams and take your examinations.

Scripture Verse

Genesis 39:1-23 (Please Read through Genesis 39-41 to understand the story of Joseph)

1)Despite our challenges, the Lord is with you and you are a successful man.

• Joseph went down to Egypt. (V1)
• Sometimes, we feel that we like Joseph, seem to be going down to Egypt, instead of up to our promised land. Maybe some of us are poor in certain subjects and our results just seem to be going downhill.
• The Lord was with Joseph, and he (though a slave) was a successful man. (V2)
• Applying to yourself, the Lord is with you and you are a successful man. 
• Despite all your poor subjects,failures,mistakes,shortcomings you are a sucessful man/women because the Lord is with you.

Have a consciousness that God’s presence makes the work of our hands successful.

+ Consiousness??- Being Aware of His Presense.

·         The Lord was with him and the Lord made all he did to prosper, (to be a success) in his hand. (V3,23)

• The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful even though he was a slave.
•  Perhaps some of us feel like slaves to Chinese, or to Science, but that does not mean that you are a failure. 
• The Word declares that despite your failures, you ARE a successful man, simply because the Lord is with you.
• Having the consciousness of the ‘Lord with us, making us and what we do, a success’ causes us to rise above our failures/slavery (Joseph was made overseer of Potiphar’s house V5)

2) Joseph’s secret to being faithful doing what was in his hands - he was conscious of the Lord’s presence prospering his work.

Background: Joseph, despite experiencing defeat(going down to egypt and being thrown in Jail, he was faithful with what he was doing and he became the best in wherever he is at because the Lord was with him.

• What are we conscious of today? Of defeat or of God’s presence prospering our work/studies?
• Faithful: Not just dedicated or committed but being full of faith in God. 
• (In this instance, that His presence makes us successful)
• When we are conscious of this truth, our natural response is to work on our struggles (subjects we can’t do well in), being full of faith that His presence turns them in victories.

• Joseph was 1^st a slave and was later thrown in jail (things didn’t improve immediately) but he was still conscious of the Lord being with him to prosper all he did, he continued being faithful in his doing (V22-23).
• Pharaoh eventually praised Joseph saying there is no one as discerning and as wise as him. (Genesis 41:39)
• Having this revelation removes the stress and the burden from studying. Our part is to be faithful with our studies, God’s part is to prosper it.

John 2:1-10

3) Jesus can and will accelerate our studies! Whatever takes a long time in the natural, God can supernaturally achieve more in a much faster time.

• Jesus turned water into best wine.
• Best wines usually need an average aging time of 7-10 ys.
• This is a 2 fold miracle:

1.       Turning of water into wine

2.       Compressing time (acceleration) to produce in an instance what would naturally take 7-9 yrs.

• Maybe you feel the exams are nearing and it is too late for you to start working on your challenging subject but Jesus is able to turn your water (challenging subjects) into wine (success) with the little time that you have left.
• It is never too late to start now. Jesus can and Jesus will bring about acceleration as you start to work on your failures now! Remembers, he prospers the work of your hands.