what do you see?
There was this time during which I was asking God how I could pray for IGNYTE, and God led me to this passage:Genesis 13:14-18
"The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him,
"Lift up your eyes from where you are and
look north and south, east and west.
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you."
So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD."
In esssence, God was showing Abraham (then called Abram) his inheritance, and I bet it took Abraham's breath away to ponder on how the whole expanse of land he could see and even beyond that would be made his. Put yourself in Abraham's shoes: it's beyond imagination to think about how your offspring will be uncountable like the dust of the earth, when at that point in time, you have no children at all. It's unbelievable!
Likewise, God is asking us to lift up our eyes to the horizon, and to begin to dream BIG, to imagine what He can do in our lives. Lands that we will conquer through Him, breakthroughs and victories in the subsequent battles which we will fight. We can either choose to dismiss it all as a dream- impossible to achieve like a castle in the sky- or act in faith, like Abraham did when he moved his tents, and go forth towards the Promise Land of God's abundance in our lives.
When God promises us the impossible, it's easy to lose faith because we can't imagine how it can happen. It may be restoring your broken family (if your parents are perpetually arguing, you may wonder how exactly is reconciliation going to happen), salvation for a loved one who's tough nut to crack, or a major miracle in dire circumstances. But we forget that God can do exceedingly more than we can ever imagine; impossible is His middle name! (:
Let's cherish the visions that God may have promised us a long time ago or will give us in time to come, and if they seem to be fading already, ask God to refresh them and to renew your faith.
If we can see it, we can believe it. And as a ministry, I believe God is calling us to survey the land He will give us (in a figurative sense)- the neighbourhood around PL, our schools, our generation. These are the "lands" that we will conquer in His name.
Can you see or imagine...
breakthrough after breakthrough in your personal life and living a life of abundance (i.e. not just merely surviving day to day) that God has purposed for you?
people getting saved in your school EVERY DAY?
more young people joining IGNYTE EACH WEEK?
life-changing encounters every service?
the summit bursting at the seams such that we have to move to another venue? (yay!)
It all starts with us LOOKING, envisioning, believing, and then acting in faith, just like what Abraham did. It won't do us any good to just sit there and wait for things to happen. We sow in faith as steadfast stewards (and that includes praying!) and when the time comes, we'll see God's promises come into fruition. Now isn't that EXCITING? (:
IGNYTE is definitely shifting to a higher gear and God's bringing us further than we've ever gone before. Nowadays I find myself seeing so many unfamiliar faces (especially when I go for Z2 FUEL/cell) but that's a good thing because it means that we're growing! I'm definitely psyched in anticipation of what is to come. Like PDa said, let's look forward, beyond the next summit even and charge ahead for we know that the Lord has great things in store for us!
in His love and mine,
a-very-excited-(and non-pink)-mich
posted by IGNYTE, Trinity@PL @ 12:49 PM
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