Abram vision/direction pt3

Abram

The New King James Version Chapter 13

14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15 for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”

18 Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD.

we see that after the declaration from God, there is a response from Abram according to the direction from God, god said walk through the land then Abram moved his tent.

This was a response in faith to the promise, At some point there needs to be a response in faith to what God has spoken to you.

Why does God tell Abram to walk through the land in length and width? ( Because he desires Abram to see and experience the fullness of what he has promised)

why is the action of walking in the land so important? Because walking through something/someplace you don't know requires faith, faith that God knows what he is doing, faith that God will keep you safe in this new place, walking denotes a belief/faith in the promise ( He didn't wait for a land title or someone to come say “hey this is your land Abram’ he walked though the land knowing that he would encounter those who believed the land belonged to them.

God wanted him to know and to experience everything that was in the promise. you cant everything from one position, that he would realize every resource that was available to him

some times we live just in the entrance way of what God has for us, so we can see some of it but we cant see or experience all of it ( theme park/zoo/aquarium example)

The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language Chapter 5

1–2  5 By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us—set us right with him, make us fit for him—we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus. And that’s not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand—out in the wide open spaces of God’s grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise.

3–5  There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can’t round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!

6–8  Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He

this is incredible, by entering through faith, because of jesus it all because of its only because of Jesus, but that's just the beginning we enter through faith.

As we do that we through open our doors, throw open our expectations and look at what this says “ We discover in that same moment (immediately)that he has already opened up his door to us.

Abram through open his door in faith and began to walk in and through the land, he didn't wait, he wanted to experience it all

I had a powerful moment with God this week , i came to a realization that i wasn't in the wide open spaces, at some point id closed my door, and maybe i could still see part of it through the window?! ( God never closed his!) and God reminded me of the why i wanted to do what i do!

Why do i do what i do because, there was a moment in my life that i had an encounter with God that changed everything.

The reason that i always wanted to be a pastor and lead a church is not so that i had somewhere to speak or so people could look at me/ see me.

I DO WHAT I DO BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE PRESENCE OF GOD JUST LIKE I DID.

I want people to experience what i experienced in a way that totally changes them, that they in that moment through open there door/ their lives to God and realize that he has already done the same for them