WHAT YOU SEE WILL DETERMINE YOUR EXPANSION (Gen. 13:14-18)
And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: "Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are — northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you." Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord.
The size of the land that the architect sees will determine the size of the building he would design. It is not possible to have a very big building on a small piece of land. I was in a town in the middle belt of Nigeria, and all that I saw as I entered the town was that the town was surrounded by hills and that explained the reason why there were only two roads that lead to the town. Till now there are only those two roads, even at this age of high technology, more roads could not be constructed. When I saw this, I said that it will be extremely difficult for the people of the town to expand; they were helmed in by hills to an extent that they have been building on the hills which has not been very easy for the owners to get to the houses. A servant of God who hailed from the town told me one day that there is a law of restriction operating in the life of the children of the place where ever they may be. He concluded that they will need deliverance for anyone to expand in every area of their lives.
There are two basic things that we need to note from our text this morning, one is the fact that for one to expand or be fully blessed the first thing is to see things around and be able to determine which level he or she wants to get to. As Christians we can see with both our naked and spiritual eyes i.e. the inner mind. There is a limit to what the physical eye can see unlike the spiritual one that can see beyond where one has ever being to in life. Today we can see that Abraham’s children are all over the entire world, then he must have seen with his spiritual eye when he was commanded to take a look at the land God was going to give him and his children. Had it been that he used the naked eye he would have been restricted to a certain part of the world. As Christians, we have been given the grace to expand as much as we determine to. It all depends on what the individual can see, if you see a small place, you will have small but if your own vision could catch a very big thing, you will have it. So the level of your expansion depends largely on your vision, your perception and your ability to see beyond the immediate. The second thing worthy of note is that after seeing a thing, we must take a step to achieving it i.e. we need to take a walk. Though God had promised to bless you and expand you, you cannot afford to stay in one place and expect manna to fall from heaven. God promised Abraham but he had to take a walk, he started moving about from one place to the other. He even fought wars and went through series of challenges before he could be what God said he would be. In other word, as Christians we must not be the lazy type who is not ready to accept responsibility. Do your own part and let God fulfill His promises. Remain blessed in the Lord.
PRAYER POINTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: - Thank God for remembering you for good in life.
Tuesday: - Direct me o Lord to where my blessings are IJN
Wednesday: - Open my spiritual eye o Lord that I may see beyond the immediate IJN
Thursday: - Father in heaven, give me victory over all my challenges IJN
Friday: - Father, let every form of restriction on Seed of Life be broken now IJN
Saturday: - Give us peace o Lord in Nigeria IJN
And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: "Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are — northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you." Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord.
The size of the land that the architect sees will determine the size of the building he would design. It is not possible to have a very big building on a small piece of land. I was in a town in the middle belt of Nigeria, and all that I saw as I entered the town was that the town was surrounded by hills and that explained the reason why there were only two roads that lead to the town. Till now there are only those two roads, even at this age of high technology, more roads could not be constructed. When I saw this, I said that it will be extremely difficult for the people of the town to expand; they were helmed in by hills to an extent that they have been building on the hills which has not been very easy for the owners to get to the houses. A servant of God who hailed from the town told me one day that there is a law of restriction operating in the life of the children of the place where ever they may be. He concluded that they will need deliverance for anyone to expand in every area of their lives.
There are two basic things that we need to note from our text this morning, one is the fact that for one to expand or be fully blessed the first thing is to see things around and be able to determine which level he or she wants to get to. As Christians we can see with both our naked and spiritual eyes i.e. the inner mind. There is a limit to what the physical eye can see unlike the spiritual one that can see beyond where one has ever being to in life. Today we can see that Abraham’s children are all over the entire world, then he must have seen with his spiritual eye when he was commanded to take a look at the land God was going to give him and his children. Had it been that he used the naked eye he would have been restricted to a certain part of the world. As Christians, we have been given the grace to expand as much as we determine to. It all depends on what the individual can see, if you see a small place, you will have small but if your own vision could catch a very big thing, you will have it. So the level of your expansion depends largely on your vision, your perception and your ability to see beyond the immediate. The second thing worthy of note is that after seeing a thing, we must take a step to achieving it i.e. we need to take a walk. Though God had promised to bless you and expand you, you cannot afford to stay in one place and expect manna to fall from heaven. God promised Abraham but he had to take a walk, he started moving about from one place to the other. He even fought wars and went through series of challenges before he could be what God said he would be. In other word, as Christians we must not be the lazy type who is not ready to accept responsibility. Do your own part and let God fulfill His promises. Remain blessed in the Lord.
PRAYER POINTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: - Thank God for remembering you for good in life.
Tuesday: - Direct me o Lord to where my blessings are IJN
Wednesday: - Open my spiritual eye o Lord that I may see beyond the immediate IJN
Thursday: - Father in heaven, give me victory over all my challenges IJN
Friday: - Father, let every form of restriction on Seed of Life be broken now IJN
Saturday: - Give us peace o Lord in Nigeria IJN
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