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God spoke to Abraham after Lot left him and said:<\/p>\nGod spoke to Abraham after Lot left him and said:<\/p>\n
\u201cLook from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth,<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Lord<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n I love this portion of the Word.\u00a0 God made a promise to Abraham.\u00a0 He told him to look at the promise from the place he currently <\/em>stood.\u00a0 This is important, for no matter what your situation, God wants you to look at His promises from where you are right now.\u00a0 Are you sick?\u00a0 Are you in lack?\u00a0 Do you face an impossible situation?\u00a0 God has promises to take you from where you are to a place of health and abundance.\u00a0 However, you must start from where you are. Look at God\u2019s promises. \u00a0Look at them from every angle, the north, south, east and west; meditate on them, ponder, and consider them just as God instructed Abraham.<\/p>\n After decreeing the promise, God told Abram (I will henceforth refer to him as Abraham) to GET UP AND GO!\u00a0 Leave where you are, move toward the place of promise. \u00a0For us, we must act as though we already possess the promise.\u00a0 We are to think and talk like we have already received His promises.\u00a0 We imagine having<\/strong> what we do not yet possess in the physical form.\u00a0 We walk through all the Scripture that contain the promises we are seeking.\u00a0 In due time, we will possess what we imagine we already have!<\/p>\n When God promises something, He will perform it!\u00a0 Nothing is more sacred to God than His name and His Word.\u00a0 You can trust that He will do exactly as He promised.\u00a0 Our job, if you can call it that, is to receive the promise by faith and that requires action.<\/p>\n After God proclaimed His promise to Abraham, he acted on that word.\u00a0 Abraham moved his tent!\u00a0 The question for you is, where have you pitched your tent? \u00a0Are you comfortable where you are?\u00a0 I have observed that Christians build up certain tolerances and become able to put up with where they are. \u00a0They tolerate sickness, disease, pain, lack, poverty, shortages instead of saying, \u201cEnough!\u201d \u00a0They tend to stay where we are and comfort ourselves with self-talk that justifies their current condition.<\/p>\n God is not honored when we pitch our tent and are unwilling to move from where we are to where He wants us to be.\u00a0 We need to get up\u00a0and move!\u00a0 Pull the stakes out of the ground and pack up; it\u2019s time to GO!\u00a0 As we move, God will intervene, go ahead of us a prepare a blessed place for us.\u00a0 This will cause us to do what Abraham did, build an altar to the Lord, an alter of praise of thanksgiving.<\/p>\n When we act on God\u2019s promises we find ourselves in a place of rest and intimacy with God.\u00a0 God loves it when we trust Him and prove it by our actions in response to His Word.\u00a0 The result is always fulfillment.\u00a0 We are fulfilled within by God\u2019s love and satisfied without by the manifestation of His promises.<\/p>\n It\u2019s sad that the MAJORITY of Christians have pitched their tents in a place short of God\u2019s calling.\u00a0 A place short of fullness and satisfaction.\u00a0 Many are sick, broke, depressed, frustrated, overwhelmed, and unfulfilled.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 They don\u2019t know God\u2019s promises are for THEM and they are not willing to move in order to discover the reality of those promises!<\/p>\n What is God\u2019s Word?\u00a0 God\u2019s Word is the initial manifestation of His promises!\u00a0 God\u2019s Word is stage one.\u00a0 Stage two is when God\u2019s Word produces faith in our hearts which brings us to stage three\u2014patience.\u00a0 Right after patience is stage four\u2014MANIFESTATION!\u00a0 Folks, that’s just how it works 100% of the time.\u00a0 This is the formula for experiencing fulfilled promises.<\/p>\n I challenge you to do what Abraham did.\u00a0 Consider God\u2019s promises from the north, south, east, and west.\u00a0 Then pull up the stakes of your tent and move!\u00a0 There you will find intimacy with God as He speaks His Word into your heart to build your faith and perseverance until the promise is manifest in your life.\u00a0 It\u2019s simple, but not easy.\u00a0 Just toughen up and do what is necessary to work the formula, live the good life to bring honor and glory to God.\u00a0 Always remember, God delights in your prosperity (Psalm 35:27; Deuteronomy 30:9).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have observed that Christians build up certain tolerances and become able to put up with where they are. 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