Where/What then are the lands yet to be possessed?
Inasmuch as it comes under the description there and not here, it fits into what we are discussing and God is particular about it.
Things we have asked and trusted God for: We need to realise that we are not bastards for there shall be a performance of things we have asked and trusted God for (Lk. 11.9-13). God will grant our requests inasmuch as they are according to His will and the season of favour shall surely come for unanswered prayers – Lk. 1.13,20; Acts. 10.4
Things still dark or unknown to us: The second area of of lands to be possesed has to do with things currently unknown. The plan of God is not to leave us in the dark but to reveal by His Spirit to us things that he has prepared for those who love him. There shall be revelations of things still dark or unknown to us, for we do not have a full awareness yet of the things God has prepared for us (1 Cor. 2.9-10; Dan. 2.21,22; Isa. 45.2,3). There is more to be known, if He can grant revelation unto a gentile king because of his desire, He will surely meet your desire to know.
Reward for all past obedience and faithfulness: Reward shall come for all past obedience and faithfulness, inasmuch as you continue to be obedient to God and to listen to your heart and not your head in truly following the Lord. It was after forty years that Joshua's season came to be rewarded for his faithfulness as a youth in following God. God is not mocked; you will reap whatever you sow (Eph. 6.7; Jos. 14.7-13). God has not forgotten your labours of love.
Help to tackle greater challenges: Greater experiences in life are shielded behind greater challenges. Many never attained greater heights in life simply because of the fear of great challenges. Everyman would need to prove himself in God as worthy of the greater height God has provided by being willing to tackel the challenge. Be assured also that there will be help to tackle greater challenges for greater experience: Jos. 17.17-18. True challenges only come to those who are dissatisfied with the status quo. As you attempt to do things differently to create a better result, and such attempts bring greater and fresh challenges, there will be help if you are really willing to face them: Jos. 17.18; 14.11,12
Sing and rejoice for greater things are awaiting you. It is not too late yet! What will happen to you is greater than what you see around. Glory to God!
Guiding into the way of peace
Thursday, December 20
Tuesday, December 11
YET MUCH LAND TO BE POSSESSED 2
The Scriptural Indications.
There are four scriptures that give indications that there is more to life (and with God) than what we’ve experienced or seen:
First, everyone has dreams or desires, and for those who trust and rely on God they have definite requests. No matter how lofty and impossible these are, Eph. 3.20-21 gives indication that God’s power is able to perform beyond man’s imaginations and requests. Paul writing to the Corinthians told them that as the scripture says, "What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who love him" (1 Cor 2:9 - TEV). Think out of the box when you take your requests to God in prayer and ask for the extraordinary, God is willing and He will make your joy to be full (Jn. 16.23-24).
Second, man’s need is unlimited and enormous, and often when man comes to God with them he would rather see the enormousness of the need than the greatness of God. Paul, while writing to the poor, yet liberal hearted and philantropic Macedonian church, prays for them that God shall supply their need according to his riches in glory in Christ (Phil. 4.19). The implication here is that the workings of God in the lives of His own is according to his wealth, possession, and ability, and not according to man’s need. There is a world beyond what we have as need.
Third, the love of God for his own is unfathomable and beyond description for the natural mind, that what He has in plan is far beyond what we presently see. What we appear to be is not yet the fullness of what we are supposed to be. John the beloved in his old age told the church that “now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears (or when it [what we are supposed to be] is made known), we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.” 1 John 3:2-3 (NIV). The standard for what we should be is Christ or in Christ. If therefore you have seen someone whose stature (person) made so much impression on you that you so much desire to be like the person, good news! There is much more awaiting you in Christ Jesus. Those who desire to fully evolve into that fullness cleanses themselves, that is separate themselves from impurities (which of course cannot be found in Christ), for they stifle the manifestation of all that we are to be in Christ, when they find their place in our lives.
Fourth, there is a reality beyond what man can do, it is God’s ability. Man was endowed with great potentials by God. Being made in God’s image and in God’s likeness indicates that there will be exceptional abilities with man than you would found with all other creatures that God made; and man, of course, has been found with great and impressive feats. From the tower of Babel and other wonders of the ancient world, to both the great and profitable and the wild and destructive technologies of the post-modern world, man’s achievements continue. But with all his accomplishments, there is an extent to what man can do. Jesus said those things which are impossible with man shall with God be possible (Mk. 10.27) if impossibilities have characterised your life experience, it is good to know that such should be put behind for the possibilities to be secured with God or in God.
There are four scriptures that give indications that there is more to life (and with God) than what we’ve experienced or seen:
First, everyone has dreams or desires, and for those who trust and rely on God they have definite requests. No matter how lofty and impossible these are, Eph. 3.20-21 gives indication that God’s power is able to perform beyond man’s imaginations and requests. Paul writing to the Corinthians told them that as the scripture says, "What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who love him" (1 Cor 2:9 - TEV). Think out of the box when you take your requests to God in prayer and ask for the extraordinary, God is willing and He will make your joy to be full (Jn. 16.23-24).
Second, man’s need is unlimited and enormous, and often when man comes to God with them he would rather see the enormousness of the need than the greatness of God. Paul, while writing to the poor, yet liberal hearted and philantropic Macedonian church, prays for them that God shall supply their need according to his riches in glory in Christ (Phil. 4.19). The implication here is that the workings of God in the lives of His own is according to his wealth, possession, and ability, and not according to man’s need. There is a world beyond what we have as need.
Third, the love of God for his own is unfathomable and beyond description for the natural mind, that what He has in plan is far beyond what we presently see. What we appear to be is not yet the fullness of what we are supposed to be. John the beloved in his old age told the church that “now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears (or when it [what we are supposed to be] is made known), we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.” 1 John 3:2-3 (NIV). The standard for what we should be is Christ or in Christ. If therefore you have seen someone whose stature (person) made so much impression on you that you so much desire to be like the person, good news! There is much more awaiting you in Christ Jesus. Those who desire to fully evolve into that fullness cleanses themselves, that is separate themselves from impurities (which of course cannot be found in Christ), for they stifle the manifestation of all that we are to be in Christ, when they find their place in our lives.
Fourth, there is a reality beyond what man can do, it is God’s ability. Man was endowed with great potentials by God. Being made in God’s image and in God’s likeness indicates that there will be exceptional abilities with man than you would found with all other creatures that God made; and man, of course, has been found with great and impressive feats. From the tower of Babel and other wonders of the ancient world, to both the great and profitable and the wild and destructive technologies of the post-modern world, man’s achievements continue. But with all his accomplishments, there is an extent to what man can do. Jesus said those things which are impossible with man shall with God be possible (Mk. 10.27) if impossibilities have characterised your life experience, it is good to know that such should be put behind for the possibilities to be secured with God or in God.
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