Every individual under the sound of my voice who is a Christian has a destiny.

Dr. Tony Evans says it's crucial to open our eyes to the big picture.

If you don't see what God is doing, you will be always reacting to what your human eyes can see

and you will never reach your destiny.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans.

Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker, senior pastor of Oaklef Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas

and president of the Urban Alternative.

Giant obstacles can make us feel pretty insignificant and powerless.

But that feeling isn't a fact.

Today Dr. Evans looks at how we can overcome the grasshopper complex

so we can get on with fulfilling God's purpose in our lives.

He'll be drawing much of today's teaching from Numbers chapter 13.

Let's join him as he begins.

God is taking you somewhere.

There is a destiny.

There is a process to getting you where he wants you.

To use the Old Testament analogy where we're going to focus from.

It starts with deliverance.

God delivered Israel from Egypt, where they were being held captive.

So if you're going to arrive at your destiny, you got to be delivered from your enslavement.

Everybody here who names the name of Jesus Christ,

who's trusted Christ alone by faith alone,

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