Don't shrink your dreams when people mock you for them. The speaker compares your situation to Joseph, whose bold dreams made his brothers jealous enough to threaten him. Keep big faith in a big God, stay focused on Jesus, and your perseverance through ridicule will lead to what God promised.
Nobody talks about this part of being called. They mock you behind your back, try to convince you to lower your expectations, or talk you out of what is grand so that you can embrace what they call safe. The truth is that your faith might just be what's exposing their doubt. Like you, Joseph was a dreamer. God spoke to him about a great future. Because he was favored, because he believed wholeheartedly in the divine dreams that he had been given, those around him despised him. When Joseph's brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the As he approached, they made plans to kill him. Here comes the dreamer, they said. When others doubt you and mock you for believing big, don't be discouraged. This is a part of the process. This is a test that you must pass before God can entrust you with the fulfillment of the dream. If you can keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, if you can resist the urge to become bitter or vindictive, if you can keep your childlike approach to obedience, Then the dream will come to pass. Never apologize for putting big faith in a big God.
