This document discusses adversity and how God uses it to prepare people for their calling. It provides examples from the Bible of figures like Joseph, Moses, and King Saul who experienced difficulties that prepared them for leadership roles. The document suggests adversity can be used for spiritual growth, to strengthen our dependence on God, and to test and prove our faith. It also notes some people may have a "Joseph calling" involving a unique season of adversity before being used powerfully by God.

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7. Key Questions
• Why am I in my adversity
• When will I get out?

8. Everyone goes through
adversity
• There are different levels of adversity
• Some have a “Joseph Calling”

9. 6 Reasons we go through adversity
1. Sonship
• Our Heavenly Father sometimes uses
adversity to produce growth and maturity
in His children. “My son, do not despise
the Lord’s discipline and do not resent his
rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those
he loves, as a father the son he delights in”
(3:11-12).
• In Hebrews we read, “Endure hardship as
discipline; God is treating you as sons. For
what son is not disciplined by his father?”
(12:7).

10. 2. Our Identification with Others
• “comforts us in all our troubles, so that we
can comfort those in any trouble” (2 Cor.
1:4).
• God has placed all of us into a community
—the Church—in which we are a part of
one another. As Paul writes, “If one part
suffers, every part suffers with it; if one
part is honored, every part rejoices with it”
(1 Cor. 12:26).

11. 3. Our Testing
• “These [trials] have come so that
your faith—of greater worth than
gold, which perishes even though
refined by fire—may be proved
genuine” (1 Pet. 1:7).
• Joseph’s 4 Tests – Forgiveness,
Perseverance, Purity, Stewarship

12. 4. Our Calling and Preparation
• Adversity teaches us how to endure
pressure, problems and stress.
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers,
whenever you face trials of many
kinds, because you know that the
testing of your faith develops
perseverance. Perseverance must
finish its work so that you may be
mature and complete, not lacking
anything” (Jas. 1:2-4).
Depth and width of your call
often determined by level of
adversity.

13. 5. Our Ability to Trust God’s
Faithfulness
• Adversity is a school of faith where we
learn to trust God and depend on Him
completely to provide for our needs. As
Paul tells us, “God is faithful; he will
not let you be tempted beyond what you
can bear” (1 Cor. 10:13).

14. 6. Sin
• Sometimes, we experience adversity because
God is dealing with sin in either our
individual lives or in our corporate lives.
• 2 Samuel 21, “After the famine had continued
for three years, David went before God and
prayed for an answer. The word of the Lord
came to David: ‘It is on account of Saul and
his blood-stained house; it is because he put
the Gibeonites to death.’”

15. The Joseph Calling?
Signified by great adversity.
1. Spiritual provider. 2. Physical provider.

16. A Conversation in Heaven
I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who
will do according to what is in my heart and
mind. I will firmly establish his house, and
he will minister before my anointed one
always (1 Sam 2:35-36) .

17. "So then, it was not you who sent
me here, but God. He made me
father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire
household and ruler of all Egypt.
Gen 45:8-9
"Can we find anyone like this man,
one in whom is the spirit of God?"
Gen 41:38

18. There will always be a crisis of
belief stage when God raises
up leaders

19. Crisis: a circumcision process
to refine your call
Why?Why?
To bring you out ofTo bring you out of slaveryslavery ofof ““EgyptEgypt”” (sweat(sweat
and toiland toil in your work life).
• Then say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the
Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my
people go, so that they may worship meworship me in the
desert. - Ex 7:16

20. God has toGod has to disqualifydisqualify
you from thinking youyou from thinking you
areare qualifiedqualified for thefor the
mission He has for you.mission He has for you.
i.e. Moses, Josephi.e. Moses, Joseph
40 and 13 years of preparation40 and 13 years of preparation

21. Moses
• ““Moses spent his first 40 yearsMoses spent his first 40 years
thinking he wasthinking he was somebody.somebody.
• He spent his next 40 yearsHe spent his next 40 years
learning he was nobodylearning he was nobody
• He spent his third 40 yearsHe spent his third 40 years
discovering what Goddiscovering what God can docan do
with a nobody.with a nobody.““
• D.L. MoodyD.L. Moody

22. “Obstacles” or “Motivation for
Fulfillment”?
• 300 Surveys of Great Achievers
• Franklin Roosevelt, Helen
Keller, Winston Churchill,
George Washington Carver, etc
– ¼ had handicaps¼ had handicaps
– ¾ born into poverty¾ born into poverty
Key:Key: AttitudeAttitude toward their crisistoward their crisis

23. How Does God Transform an
Esau into a Joseph?
Can an egg fly?Can an egg fly?

25. Who Was Joseph and What
Prepared Him For His Calling?
God Was The Initiator
I form the light and create darkness, I
bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the LORD, do all these things
(Isaiah 45:7).

26. He called down a famine on the land and destroyed all their
supplies of food; and he sent a man before them–Joseph, sold
as a slave. They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck
was put in irons, till what he foretold came to pass, till the
word of the Lord proved him true (Psalms 105:16-19).
Who Was Joseph and WhatWho Was Joseph and What
Prepared Him For His Calling?Prepared Him For His Calling?

27. “…til the Word of the Lord proved him true.”
(Ps.105:19)
BitternessBitterness
““Pit”Pit”
FamilyFamily
RejectionRejection
Judas TestJudas Test
SexualSexual
TemptationTemptation
DiscouragementDiscouragement
StewardshipStewardship
PurityPurity
PerseverancePerseverance
Political PowerPolitical Power
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22
33
44
Each of Joseph’s 4 Tests Moved Him Toward
Fulfillment of God’s Ultimate Purpose for His Life
Potiphar’s WifePotiphar’s Wife
PrisonPrison
FinancialFinancial
BlessingBlessing
2 Yr Delay2 Yr DelayDreamDream

28. Decision
“Spiritual BootcampSpiritual Bootcamp”
““No Will Of Our Own”No Will Of Our Own”
EgyptEgypt
EgyptianEgyptian
ValuesValues
•SlaverySlavery
•““Sweat & ToilSweat & Toil
•Pump WaterPump Water
from Groundfrom Ground
•DisobedienceDisobedience
1. Consequence of Faith1. Consequence of Faith
2. Judgment of Sin2. Judgment of Sin
NatureNature
Change vsChange vs
HabitHabit
ChangeChange
GibeoniteGibeonite
RuseRuse
GibeoniteGibeonite
RuseRuse
Death to Self/Giving Up Personal RightsDeath to Self/Giving Up Personal Rights
•Marriage ProblemMarriage Problem
•Business problemBusiness problem
•UnemployedUnemployed
•FinancialFinancial
•IllnessIllness
PromisedPromised
LandLand
•Rain From HeavenRain From Heaven
•Land of Milk & HoneyLand of Milk & Honey
•ObedienceObedience
•VictoryVictory
FaithFaith
ExperiencesExperiences
FaithFaith
ExperiencesExperiences
39 Battles39 Battles

29. 3 Phase3 Phase Obedience CycleObedience Cycle
Kingdom ofKingdom of
GodGod
Manifested!Manifested!
Love-motivationLove-motivation
Outcome-basedOutcome-based
ObedienceObedience
Pain-MotivatedPain-Motivated
ObedienceObedience
Intimacy
With Jesus
ConvenienceConvenience
CrisisCrisis
ConvictionConviction
Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor
as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Matt 22:37-40

30. God Will Often Use a Workplace
Problem to Initiate a New Calling
The Calling of King Saul
1 Samuel 9,10
“Now the donkeys belonging to
Saul’s father Kish were lost,
and Kish said to his son Saul,
‘Take one of the servants with
you and go and look for the
donkeys.’”
1 Samuel 9:3

31. When God Gives A Vision
• “The word of the Lord came to Abraham in a
vision. God’s method always seems to be
vision first and then reality, but in between the
vision and the reality there is often a deep
valley of humiliation (“and behold, horror
and great darkness fell upon him” Gen.
15:12).

32. Treasures of DarknessTreasures of Darkness
““I will give you the treasures ofI will give you the treasures of
darkness, riches stored in secretdarkness, riches stored in secret
places, so that you may know that I amplaces, so that you may know that I am
the LORD, the God of Israel, whothe LORD, the God of Israel, who
summons you by name.summons you by name.”” -- Isa 45:3-- Isa 45:3
““He reveals the deep things ofHe reveals the deep things of
darkness and brings deep shadowsdarkness and brings deep shadows
into the light.into the light.””
- Job 12:22- Job 12:22

33. “I would ‘kill’ you myself if I could.”
– Mentor.
Both God & Satan want you dead,
each for different reasons.

34. Why Does God
Call Us Out of Egypt?
God called the people out of Egypt in order for them
to worship Him.
Coming out of the Esau (self-life) can often mean a
severe time of withdrawal from the old system.

35. The Black Hole

36. The Black Hole
• A place of total nothingness.
• God is strangely silent
• Inability to do anything successfully
• Loss of confidence in abilities
• Removal of all that we placed
confidence in

37. The Desert StageThe Desert Stage
After the Black Hole we have a periodAfter the Black Hole we have a period
in the desert.in the desert.
Coming out of Egypt required passingComing out of Egypt required passing
through thethrough the desert.desert.
Hebrew word for desert is midbaar,Hebrew word for desert is midbaar,
from the word dahbaar, meaningfrom the word dahbaar, meaning “to“to
speak”.speak”.

38. CrisisCrisis
VictorVictorVictimVictim
““..what has happened to me has really..what has happened to me has really
served to advance the gospel.served to advance the gospel.”” Phil. 1:12Phil. 1:12

39. The process of circumcision can be dependent
on our level of cooperation with God.
“If my people would but listen to me, if Israel
would follow my ways, how quickly would I
subdue their enemies and turn my hand against
their foes (Psalm 82:13,14).

40. You must not seek to deliver
yourself. You must simply obey.
Provision and destiny follows
obedience.

41. • Every servant of God who had great
anointing also had great adversity --
Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Paul, David,
Peter. Many business leaders who
made a difference in the Kingdom
also experienced great adversity.

42. J.C. Penney
• In 1910 his first wife died.
• In 1923 his second wife died
• In 1929 the stock market crashed - lost $40 million.
• By 1932, he had to sell out to satisfy creditors and was
broke.
• Penney wound up in a Battle
Creek, Michigan sanatorium

43. JC Penney
One morning he heard the distant singing of
employees who had gathered to start the day
with God: Be not dismayed, whete'er betide,
God will take care of you...

44. Abraham Lincoln
• Failed in business at 31.
• Defeated for legislature at
33.
• Again failed at business at
33.
• Elected to legislature at 34.
• Sweetheart died at 35.
Nervous breakdown at 43.
• Defeated for Congress at
46.
• Defeated for Congress at
48.
Elected President of
the United States at 51.

45. C.S. Lewis
“God whispers to us in
our pleasures, speaks in
our conscience, but
shouts in our pains; it is
a megaphone to rouse a
deaf world.”
-- C.S. Lewis, The Problem with
Pain

46. ItIt’’s a lack ofs a lack of maturitymaturity
that forces God to shout.that forces God to shout.

47. Jesus’ Training
“Although he was a son, he learned
obedience from what he suffered and,
once made perfect, he became the
source of eternal salvation for all who
obey him.”
Heb 5:9-10

48. “It is doubtful whether God can bless a
man greatly until he has hurt him
deeply.”
– A.W. Tozer

49. Key Objectives of the
Process
To Be Trustworthy of a Large Vision
“Not every man can carry a full cup.
Sudden elevation frequently leads to pride
and a fall. The most exacting test of all to
survive is prosperity.” –
–– Oswald Chambers

50. • Joseph was given privilege, power,
and prestige. It takes a special person
not to succumb to such temptation.
1) Geographical Control
2) Financial Authority
3) Social Prestige
4) Royal Privileges
5) Political Power
6) Religious Position

51. What Is Biblical
Success?
• Biblical success = Fulfilling the purposes for
which God made me.

52. ““Beware of any ChristianBeware of any Christian
leader who does not walk withleader who does not walk with
aa limplimp.”.”
–– Bob Mumford

53. After Death Comes
Resurrection
The Resurrection In Business
Now if we died with Christ, we believe thatNow if we died with Christ, we believe that
we will also live with him -we will also live with him - Romans 6:8Romans 6:8

54. How do you know when you will begin
to come out of your adversity?
• Usually when you come to a place when
it doesn’t matter any more.

55. The Bottom Line
“I tell you the truth, unless a kernel
of wheat falls to the ground and
dies, it remains only a single
seed. But if it dies, it produces
many seeds. The man who loves
his life will lose it, while the man
who hates his life in this world
will keep it for eternal life.
Whoever serves me must follow
me; and where I am, my servant
also will be. My Father will honor
the one who serves me.”
- John 12:24-26

56. You Are Not Your Own
“You are not your own; you were bought
at a price. Therefore honor God with
your body.” 1 Cor 6:19-20

57. Action Response to Adversity
1) Take one day at a time and ask God for
grace for that day only
2) Don't project outcomes to the future. In
other words, don't think about all the
ramifications of what "may" happen
resulting from your circumstances
3) Meditate on the Word of God and be
obedient to the small things He shows
you.

58. 4. Spend times alone with God in praising
Him. We overcome the spirit of
heaviness through praise.
5. To appoint unto them that mourn in
Zion, to give unto them beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called
trees of righteousness, the planting of
the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isa 61:3
6. Reach out to others in the midst of your
pain.

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