Isaiah 54:2, 3 (AMP)
I very rarely do this but this passage of Scripture has been in my heart since COC National conference in September.
I very rarely do this but this passage of Scripture has been in my heart since COC National conference in September.
There are some
key things we can reflect on as we
head towards 2013.
Enlarge the place of your tent,
You need to make space for the place. Stop shrinking back, there has been a time of consolidation but now is a time to enlarge.
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
Too many people getting stressed instead of getting stretched. You can't stretch if you are not green, not dry & hard. Not proud but humble. As we stretch out we create a place of covering. We extend our place of covering.
spare not;
This is a time of generosity. Gather containers & not just a few. Like the woman in the Bible told by the Prophet. The oil only stopped because she had run out of containers.
lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes,
You need to go deeper if you want to go higher. We are only as strong as the weakest link. We know that often it is first natural then the spiritual. Maybe you need to pray more / lengthen your cords. Maybe you need to be in the Word of God more / strengthen your stakes.
For you will spread abroad to the right hand and to the left;
And The Lord added DAILY / multiplication. Increase by multiplication is a lot more exciting than addition. Be it in your walk with God, your business or your area of ministry.
and your offspring will possess the nations and make the desolate
cities to be inhabited.
This is generational. Not just to occupy but to POSSES. A place that had no life now supports life. We are to bring that life. And MAKE a place of habitation. God inhabits the praises of His people.
Enlarge the place of your tent,
You need to make space for the place. Stop shrinking back, there has been a time of consolidation but now is a time to enlarge.
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
Too many people getting stressed instead of getting stretched. You can't stretch if you are not green, not dry & hard. Not proud but humble. As we stretch out we create a place of covering. We extend our place of covering.
spare not;
This is a time of generosity. Gather containers & not just a few. Like the woman in the Bible told by the Prophet. The oil only stopped because she had run out of containers.
lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes,
You need to go deeper if you want to go higher. We are only as strong as the weakest link. We know that often it is first natural then the spiritual. Maybe you need to pray more / lengthen your cords. Maybe you need to be in the Word of God more / strengthen your stakes.
For you will spread abroad to the right hand and to the left;
And The Lord added DAILY / multiplication. Increase by multiplication is a lot more exciting than addition. Be it in your walk with God, your business or your area of ministry.
and your offspring will possess the nations and make the desolate
cities to be inhabited.
This is generational. Not just to occupy but to POSSES. A place that had no life now supports life. We are to bring that life. And MAKE a place of habitation. God inhabits the praises of His people.
