From the Pastor's Desk

ABUNDANCE IN THE MIDST OF SCARCITY

Gen 26: 12-14

God’s covenant over His own He does not break (Psa 89: 34) as long as the recipient or the covenantee keeps to the terms of the covenant. (Jer 11: 2 NIV) here the scripture says “blessed is he who obeys the covenant terms of God’s covenant”; it also means cursed is anyone who does not obey the terms. Every covenant has 3 integral elements;

        I.            The covenantor/ the initiator;

      II.            The covenantee(the recipient or the beneficiary);

   III.            The terms of the covenant (The do’s and don’ts);

Rules and regulations that guide each party in the common covenant; ignorance to the terms is not acceptable neither is it an excuse. Everyone must strive to first understand the terms and then walk in the terms in complete obedience so as to enjoy fully the blessing from the LORD. 

God had an extended covenant to Isaac, extended from his father Abraham. When Abraham died he left possessions for the son (Isaac) which Ahimelec and his group strove against, unknown to them you cannot prevail against the covenant child as long as the child obeys the covenant terms. Isaac really died on Mount Morai (Abraham’s Perfect Intent), after this experience nothing was heard about Isaac in the scripture until his father died. His death (flesh) brought him directly into his father’s inheritance in God, his father’s covenant with God and every other thing that his father stood for before the LORD. 

There was famine in the land of Gerar; livestocks and farm products were drying up, the land became desolate with no rain for a season in that same land. The same year, this covenant child (Isaac) planted in the same land and received a hundredfold harvest (Gen 26: 12). The question is this; did Isaac plant in the same land as others? Was Isaac’s seed exposed to the same climate like others? Was Isaac operating under different climate? The questions can continue like this without answers, for me Isaac was operating under a very different climate, even though they were all together in Gerar. The explanation of his own peculiar climate would be understood when we examine God’s principle of selective separation. 

What is this principle? God singles out his own from amongst the crowd and limits his blessing within the geographic spheres of that individual. For example; remember when there was darkness in the land of Egypt before their exodus into Canaan, God selectively gave light to the portion in Egypt inhabited by the entire nation of Israel during the numerous plague He brought upon Egypt, the Jewish habitat then was referred to as Goshen a place of abundance of light in the midst of gross darkness that envelopes a whole nation. Similarly, while others in Gerar were experiencing drought Isaac was experiencing a continuous and consistent invisible rain in his habitat. He had invisible forces tending his garden for him, making sure that he is distinctly separated from others. This is the dynamics of God’s covenant.

What lessons are available for us contemporarily?

1)      That it doesn’t matter what you do, it doesn’t matter how many people are competing with you for the same thing, you are not them but you are different as long as you obey the terms of the covenant.

2)      When men are cast down, you will not be down with them and you will experience a lifting up.

3)      People may not for any reason like your guts, they will find faults in every good works that proceed from you, do not be weary in doing good God’s covenant over your life is speaking with a loud voice.

4)      Make sure you understand very well the terms of God’s covenant for your life; for you cannot obey easily if you don’t understand.

5)      Do not be afraid when starting a very small way, the hand of God upon you will lead you into super-abundance.

6)      God’s covenant goes beyond material things; it includes sound health, safety and preservation.

7)      Because of the hand of God upon you He has become your buckler, therefore, you cannot honour every invitation neither can you be found in every assembly.

 God bless you. 

(DABAR CHRISTIAN CENTRE PUBLICATIONS ©2018)

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