Insights
Pursuing Dreams and Visions
🧩 Pursuing our dreams and visions is like putting together a puzzle; it may seem challenging and monotonous, but if we persevere, we will eventually see the bigger picture.
😊 Enjoying the journey is more important than reaching the destination because God has created us to want to reach and grow.
💪 Despite starting with small gatherings of only a few people, Joyce Meyer persisted and continued to hold teaching meetings, showing the power of consistency and determination in pursuing one’s goals.
💪 “Everybody that’s going to do anything amazing with their life is going to have to go through some of the similar things.”
📺 Joyce Meyer’s life has drastically changed over the years, going from a small entry in a notebook to being on 375 television stations and 250 radio stations.
💡 Jesus encourages us to step out into the deep and take risks in order to experience abundance in our lives.
🎣 When we do what God wants us to do and live a deeper life, we can experience abundance beyond our imagination.
Trusting God’s Will
🙌 “The greatest testimony is not surviving abuse, but simply being able to say ‘I’m still here’ after 40 years of serving God.”
🙏 “If you don’t learn how to say no when you know that God is saying no, you will kill yourself trying to keep other people happy.”
😔 It doesn’t matter what I want, what I think, or what I feel, God’s will be done and not mine, even if it seems unfair or unreasonable.
😌 Humility is a necessary virtue in our journey towards our destiny, and it’s better to humble ourselves than to have God humble us.
😇 As long as we give God the credit, we have rest and peace in our lives.
🙌 “All things do work together for good to those who love God and really want his will in their lives.” – Trust that God has a purpose in everything, even when you don’t understand.
Summary
TLDR: The key idea of the video is to trust in God’s plan, persevere through challenges, and live a purposeful life in order to achieve greatness and fulfill God’s purpose for you.
- 🙏 Don’t waste time impressing others, focus on your motives and God’s vision for you, persevere through challenges to achieve your goals, enjoy the journey of life, be a finisher, and trust in God’s transformation and purpose for you.
1.1 Don’t waste your life trying to impress others, focus on your motives and the vision God has given you, like putting together a puzzle, it may be challenging and monotonous at times, but if you persevere, you will eventually achieve your goal.
1.2 Enjoy the journey of life because it is more important than reaching your destination, as God has created us to constantly want to grow and do new things.
1.3 God wants us to have experiences and be able to love and forgive others, even when it’s difficult, and he gives us a gift of faith to believe in the things he calls us to do.
1.4 Be excited about starting, but remember that it’s important to be a finisher and not get discouraged along the way.
1.5 Many people don’t finish their journey with God, but if you stick with it, you will be transformed and used by God in a great way.
1.6 Sometimes in life, we encounter situations or problems that don’t seem to fit or work no matter how hard we try, and it can be frustrating.
- 🙏 Despite facing challenges and feeling overwhelmed, the speaker encourages embracing surrender and trusting God on the journey to achieving greatness in life.
2.1 The speaker worked at a church for five years, but then God called them to go to different locations and hold teaching meetings with small attendance numbers.
2.2 Feeling stuck and frustrated, the speaker shares a journal entry from 29 years ago about a difficult time in her life and her belief that God will make everything okay.
2.3 The speaker is experiencing difficulties in communication, feeling disconnected from God, facing health issues, and struggling with prayer, which has become overwhelming.
2.4 Feeling overwhelmed, the speaker expresses their willingness to trust God and embrace a greater level of surrender, despite the difficulty of their circumstances and their desire for relief.
2.5 Everyone who wants to achieve something great in life will face challenges and moments of wanting to give up, but there is nothing wrong with you, it’s just part of the journey.
- 📺 The speaker reflects on their successful ministry, personal growth, health struggles, family milestones, and enduring marriage, emphasizing the importance of living deeper lives in the spirit and trusting God’s plan over our own desires.
3.1 The speaker’s life has changed drastically in the past 11 years, as they are now on 375 television stations and 250 radio stations.
3.2 The speaker reflects on the past 30 years of her life, highlighting her ministry’s success, personal growth, health struggles, family milestones, and enduring marriage, while acknowledging the faithfulness of God throughout it all.
3.3 God is more interested in changing us than giving us what we want, and we should learn to live deeper lives in the spirit, always willing to go with God regardless of our desires, thoughts, or emotions.
3.4 Jesus tells Peter to go out into the deep and cast his nets for a haul, but Peter doubts because they had already been fishing all night and caught nothing.
- 🙏 Despite doubts and reluctance, the speaker embraces taking action based on faith and trust in God’s word, understanding the importance of obedience even when it seems unfair or unreasonable.
4.1 Despite doubts and reluctance, the speaker decides to take action based on faith and trust in the word of God.
4.2 Regardless of what I want, think, or feel, if God tells me to do something, I must obey, even if it seems unfair or unreasonable.
4.3 The speaker wanted God to deal with her husband’s problems, but realized that she had asked God for a lot and needed to decide if she truly wanted it.
- 🙏 Seek God’s will, purify your motives, and live a purposeful life to be blessed abundantly and avoid wasting time.
5.1 Don’t compare yourself to others, do what God wants you to do and live a deeper life according to His word, and you will be blessed abundantly.
5.2 We should seek God for who he is and not just for what he can do for us, learning to endure challenges with a good temper and embracing his will in our lives.
5.3 Initially, the speaker’s motives for wanting to be used by God were not pure due to personal insecurities and a desire for personal success and recognition.
5.4 God purifies our motives so that everything we do is in obedience to Him and to help others, and it is important to examine our motives in everything we spend our time doing.
5.5 God is only concerned with why we do what we do, and our works will be tested to determine their worth, so we should strive to do pure work and not waste our time.
5.6 The biggest fear is not failure, but succeeding at something useless; it is important to live life with purpose and not waste time.
- 🙏 It is important to remain humble before God and not let success lead to arrogance, as it can have negative consequences and impact how we treat others.
6.1 Many of us do things to impress others, but it is important to humble ourselves before God rather than waiting for Him to humble us.
6.2 Nebuchadnezzar initially gave God credit for his success, but later became prideful and took credit for himself, showing that success can be dangerous.
6.3 Success can be dangerous as it can lead to arrogance and mistreatment of others, so it is important to remain humble and ask God to keep us in check.
6.4 Building something up takes longer than tearing it down, and as leaders, we have a responsibility to be mindful of our actions because people are watching.
- 📚 Leaders must be authentic, continuously grow, and take responsibility for their actions, as people look up to them and making excuses for bad behavior can harm others.
7.1 A man insisted on me talking to his sister on the phone, even though I don’t like making phone calls, and when I introduced myself as Joyce Meyer, the person on the other end didn’t know who I was.
7.2 Leaders must strive to be authentic and continue to grow, as people look up to them and rely on them, and making excuses for bad behavior can harm others.
7.3 The speaker reflects on a recent encounter at a store where a worker recognized them and asks if they could sign something for their wife, highlighting the importance of consistently displaying kindness and authenticity.
7.4 Leadership comes with responsibility, as shown through a personal anecdote about a restaurant reservation mishap and the importance of being aware that God is always watching, and the speaker also mentions the concept of “silent years” where not much progress is made.
- 🙏 Hold onto your dreams during the silent years, trust that God will make things right; John the Baptist and Jesus grew in silence before their ministries, and if you let God guide your life, everything will be worth it because He has a purpose for you.
8.1 In the silent years, when nothing is happening, we are supposed to hold onto our dreams and trust that God will eventually make all wrong things right, as seen in the stories of Moses, Joseph, and David.
8.2 John the Baptist spent 12 to 15 years in the wilderness, growing and preparing for a ministry that lasted only a few months, while Jesus grew in silence until the age of 30 before starting his public ministry with power.
8.3 If you let God guide your life, He will promote you and everything you go through will be worth it because God has a purpose for you and all things work together for good.
