The New You | Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen Podcast - Joel Osteen, SiriusXM

Joel Osteen delivers an empowering message about the 'new you'—a transformed version of yourself that God is preparing through faith, not performance. Drawing from biblical stories like Saul and Peter, he emphasizes divine transformation, hope, and God's power to renew lives.

Key takeaways

• You are not defined by your past or present struggles.
• God is actively working in you to bring out your highest potential.
• Transformation comes through faith, not effort alone.

Transcript preview

Hi this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy today's message why don't you be a blessing and share it with a friend? We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your line. And God bless you, it's great to be with you today and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel and social media and you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services. But I like to start with something to start with something and I heard about this lady that was on an airplane reading her Bible and the guy next to her said you don't believe all that stuff in there do you? She said of course I do it's the Bible. He said what about that guy that got swallowed by a well? She said you mean Jonah? Yes I believe that too. He said well how could he possibly live all that time inside of a well? She thought about it a moment said I don't know when I get to heaven I'll have to ask him. He laughed and said what if he's if he's not if he's not if he's not if he's not if he's not if he's not if he's not if he's not You'll have to ask him. Say it like you mean it, this is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name. God bless you. I want to talk to you today about the new you. We all have times where looks like we've reached our limits. We've gone as far as we can in our career facing an obstacle that seems too big to overcome. Or maybe we're struggling with bad habits and low self-esteem, regrets from mistakes we've made, and thoughts tell us, you'll always be this way. That's just who you are. But God didn't create you to live with things that are holding your back, limiting your growth, taking your peace. He didn't create us to reach one level. and stay there. He's put potential in you that you haven't tapped into. You haven't seen the best version of you. There's a new you coming, a stronger you, a wiser you, a happier you, a more competent, more powerful, more successful you. The scripture says God is taking you from glory to glory. You're in one level of glory now. The good news is there's another level on the way. Don't judge yourself by where you are today. You don't know what God is up to. But some of these things, we can't change on our own. We've done our best and tried to resist, worked hard, but we're not able to move forward. It's easy to get discouraged and settle where we are. But this is when God will step in and do what we can't do. God knows what's too much for us. He knows the limitations, the weaknesses that we can't overcome. He doesn't say too bad, you're stuck. He has these moments already planned where he will show up and free you and open doors and change it into something that you've never imagined the new you. But it's easy to accept, oh, Joe, I'll always be insecure. That's just who I am. I'll always struggle with being undisciplined. I'll never be in management, never get into leadership. You're basing things on who you are right now. What you can't see is, is you that will break out of the box, that will have the boldness and confidence to step into your purpose, that will see God open new doors, bring new opportunities that cause you to bloom and blossom. And sure, thoughts are whispering now, you'll always be lonely. You'll always deal with this anxiety. You'll always struggle with this addiction. Don't believe those lies. There's a free you coming. There's a marriage you coming. You're a marriage you coming. You'll always deal. You'll always deal with this There's an abundant you, a greater you, a more fulfilled you coming. First Samuel, chapter nine, there was a young man named Saul and some of his father's animals got loose and he took a couple of friends and they went through the hills and valleys looking for him but couldn't find him. They had heard of a prophet named Samuel that lived nearby. They decided to go see him and ask about the animals. Well God had already spoken to Samuel about Samuel about Saul about Saul the day before. 4. Verse 16 says, about this time tomorrow, you will meet a young man from the tribe of Benjamin, annoyed him as the leader of Israel. He will rescue my people from the Philistines. Saul came walking up. Samuel said, don't worry about the animals you lost. They've already been found. Saul nearly passed out. Samuel answered him before he asked the question. Samuel went on to say, Saul, all of Israel. future is in your hands. Saul was so taken aback. I said, what do you mean? I come from the smallest tribe in all of Israel. My family is the least important in that tribe. Saul could have never planned this. This was not something he had trained for. He was qualified. It was just the opposite. He was quiet, reserved. He liked being in the background. He thought Samuel, you may have gotten it right about the animals, but you got it wrong with me. I'm not a leader, I don't have the talent, the personality, the courage, I could never rescue our people. But Saul was judging himself based on who he was right then, intimidated, insecure, unqualified. He didn't realize a new person was coming, a stronger Saul, a bolder Saul, a more courageous Saul. See, God will never ask you to do something and not give you the ability to do it. When you're in situations over your head the obstacle is too big the dream is too great That's a sign that you're about to see the new you Samuel Anointed Saul as Israel's first king He told him that as he traveled back home when he passed the Philistine camp he would see a group of prophets that were singing and prophesying verse six says at that time the spirit of God will come on you with power and you will be changed into a new person. Samuel was saying, Saul, I know you feel unqualified. I know this is over your head, but don't worry, the spirit of God is going to come and change you into who you need to be. When he arrived at the Philistine camp, it was just like Samuel said. Something rose up in Saul that he had never felt a boldness, a confidence, an enough enough enough enough. to do what he never dreamed. He was turned into a different person. You may feel like you'll always be where you are right now, always at the same level, always feel not enough, always struggle with your temper, nor like with Saul, God has already lined up