And the LORD said unto Abram,
after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from
the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed
forever (Genesis 13:14-15).
When the Lord told Abraham to
lift up his eyes and look, in the scripture above, He wasn’t referring to the
man’s physical eyes, but to the eyes of his spirit. God told him all the land
he could “see” was his; it was now up to Abraham to decide how far he wanted to
see. Being a man of faith, he looked from his spirit and saw the whole world.
The Bible says “For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was
not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness
of faith” (Romans 4:13). Abraham became the heir of the whole world by faith.
Now, that’s not the end of the
story. The Bible says “So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful
Abraham” (Galatians 3:9). You’re as much the heir of the whole world as
Abraham: “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs
according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29). No wonder the Bible declares that
God has given you everything you require for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3).
However, it’s that which you’ve taken possession of by faith, that which your
spirit has embraced, that you can enjoy. So it’s up to you! As far as your eyes
can see, that’s “what the Lord has given to you for an inheritance.
As you fast and pray about the coming
year, see yourself making unprecedented progress in every area of your life.
See God taking you from glory to glory. Perhaps you’ve been praying and asking
the Lord for a child, see that child with your spirit first. Whatever you’ve
taken possession of from within, will certainly manifest in the physical.
Start practicing how to see from
your spirit, for your spirit is where the light of God is. God doesn’t function
in the realm of the mind or senses. If you’re going to enjoy all the wonderful
benefits of salvation God has in store for you, then you’ve got to see with the
eyes of faith and speak forth what you see.
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