The YES that Builds a Nation

The Yes.

God’s “yes” isn’t just agreement. In many cases it also denotes his sanction. Now a sanction is defined as official approval or permission for an action.

With this action by God it is intrinsic to believe that his approval lines up with his perfect will. Which means simply what you have asked to do pleases God and furthers his agenda in your life, in the life of others, and in life overall.

God is the greatest big thinker that ever existed! He is always years ahead of what we do and think. So when our petitions reach his ears it gets put through multiple filters.

The Father

The Judge

The King

The Creator

The Author

The Finisher

Let’s take a small walk through these filters

The Father is the one who’s measure of love for us is greatest it’s the one we call unto the most and the one we look to. Through this filter we look for loving arms and soft rebuke.

The Judge

Very rarely do we consult this filter. When we do it’s usually under the pretense of an injustice being done to you. Rarely do we apply this title to our lives personally.

The King

We use this one all the time. In times of adoration and supplication we revere him mostly in times of distress and heightened moments of Worship. We tend to apply this filter daily

The Creator

This one is used frequently when dealing with sickness and healing. Rarely do we consult him dealing with creative things.

The Author

Unfortunately outside of most benedictions and prayers we rarely consult this filter

The Finisher

Used in the conjunction with The Author.

Now I know you misfit be asking me where I’m going but I’ve been leading you all along.

Abraham

God’s Yes to you or to anyone is almost always either connected to or wrapped up in his promises.

Stage 1- The Call

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 12

12 The LORD said to Abram:

Go from your land,

your relatives,

and your father’s house

to the land that I will show you.

2 I will make you into a great nation,

I will bless you,

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.

3 I will bless those who bless you,

I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt,

and all the peoples on earth

will be blessed through you.,

4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. 5 He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When

The Initiation of God’s yes came in the form of a call and a list of his promises.

Our Yes came in our reception of the call.

So God’s Yes is a command and our Yes is obedience

The promise is what delivers the sanction. God is saying to Abraham that I TRUST YOU to handle the Genesis of something that will forever change the World LONG after you are gone. Your legacy is in your ability to tell God YES

In one statement God promised Progeny, Prominence, and Protection

Stage 2- Obedience and Altars

Pay close attention to Abraham’s response to when God speaks to him.

Genesis 12:6-7 “Abram passed through the land to the site of Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.) The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring, I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.”

Genesis 12:8-9 “From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the Lord there, and he called on the name of the Lord. Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev.”

Sometimes your obedience will cause you to separate from those closest to you. The end game is the yes and the promises connected to your yes. This is were most people fail. They blessings are flowing and the promises are being fulfilled and by ASSOCIATION my family and my friends are getting blessed but the greatest test of obedience is when in the middle of being blessed God introduces separation.

will you still trust me when your Day-1’s have got to go their separate ways?

What was Abraham’s response? He built an altar

Genesis 13:14-18 “After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west, for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.” So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the Lord.”

Stage 3- Covenant

A covenant is a contractual arrangement between God and a person, or between human beings, which required binding action from one or both parties; one party often had higher status in the arrangement.

This is God’s preferred method of agreement and sanction with man. With Abraham it had 2 parts.

Inception and Establishment

(For my prophetically inclined) The bible states that Abraham received this Covenant during a VISION.

Genesis 15:1-6 “After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great. But Abram said, “Lord God, what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” Abram continued, “Look, you have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my heir.” Now the word of the Lord came to him: “This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir.” He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.” Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.”

When God makes a Covenant with man the first thing he deals with and address is your FEAR. You will sometimes lose sight of how far you have come and looking into the vast future that God has anxiety and fear can creep up. God dealt with it from the jump. DO NOT BE AFRAID. Second after that Abram did something that we all have done.

Lord, HOW?!?!

He just received a promise of protection, safety and reward but...... How when I don’t have the pieces missing?

Work, Family, Money, Health, Ministry, HOW??

God steps in (Emphasize verse 4)

Stage 4- Name Change

Genesis 17:1-8 “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, “I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless. I will set up my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you greatly.” Then Abram fell facedown and God spoke with him: “As for me, here is my covenant with you: You will become the father of many nations. Your name will no longer be Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations. I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you. I will confirm my covenant that is between me and you and your future offspring throughout their generations. It is a permanent covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you. And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.””