August 5, 2024
My Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May the name of the Lord be glorified. Take with me from the book of Isaiah 54:2, “Enlarge the place of your tents. And let them stretch out. The curtains of your dwelling. Do not spare. Lengthen your cords.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today God wants to expand the borders of your territory. Usually when a person wants to expand the borders of his territory. The people around him will not be able to bear it. It will burn all around him. As a result of his jealousy and irritation, This is the nature or quality of this world. Today the Lord is saying, after crossing all that, you will progress. Isaac went to Gerar to make his living, as God had commanded him.
But nature was against him, There was no rain at all. All he knew was farming. For farming he needs rain. So, he dug a well. God out of grace causes the muddy place to spring forth water. It was his faith by which he dug the well, hoping that God would provide him water. God did bring forth a spring of water from the well and he started farming. On seeing this the people in that particular town grew or became jealous of him. They wondered how he dug the well and was farming with the water. So they went and quarreled with him. They told him, “ How can you dig this well in our ancestors’ place?” And they refused to give that well for him and started arguing with him. Isaac was a good man. He had the nature of tolerance and the tendency to give away.
So He gave them the well for he knew that the Lord was with him, and if God closes one door He will open another door. And he knew that one who gives away will never be at a loss. He gladly gave away the well to the people of the town. He adjusted with them without any further argument. Next he goes to another place and digs a well. There also the spring of water gushed out of the well. All he knew was farming and he needed water to do farming. He did farming and was doing well in that place. But the people of that town also felt jealousy of him and they quarreled with him and refused to give the well for him, as he was a stranger there. So again he left that place and went from there and dug a well in the new place and there also water gushed out of the well like springs of water. He thus became rich and grew greater and greater. The name of that place was called Rehoboth. A place of extension where there was no argument. This is what the Lord is conveying to you this morning through this verse. What He says is that, “The place of your tents will be enlarged.” Your income will be enlarged, your wisdom, and understanding will be enlarged. Your anointing will be expanded. Your wealth will be expanded. Your health will be expanded. God is going to be merciful to you. God likes those who learn to adjust and give away to others even what is good for them. So God says that He is going to bless you with extension in all areas of your life.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, we thank You. Lord all those who come against your children because of jealousy, or because of irritation, And those who pull away all things form them by quarreling with them unnecessarily, Lord I pray that you will exalt the children before others and admire them. Lord you admired Isaac in this way by exalting him before all the strangers. Lord in spite of all his hard work and effort they pulled the well from him. They thought by pulling the well from him he would not progress. No Lord , You let him cross all those struggles and still thrive in that place. Lord in the same manner I pray that You will break all the barriers that block their progress. May the Lord, meet the needs of your children. Lord give them a season of Rehoboth that is an extension without any argument, and bless them.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
