READ YOUR RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL. GRACED FOR GREATNESS – PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME. SATURDAY, JUNE 25th, 2016.

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things (Genesis 24:1).

God blessed Abraham in all things and made him the father of many nations: “As for me, behold, my covenant Saturday, June 25, 2016 with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations” (Genesis 17:4). Thus, he had nations inside him. The story of Isaac, his son, is remarkable too. When his two sons, Jacob and Esau, were conceived, the Lord told Rebekah, their mother, “...Two nations are in thy womb…” (Genesis 25:23); and those nations produced more nations. However, they weren’t the ones that God had in mind.

In Romans 9:7, God didn’t say, “…Isaac shall thy seed be called”; rather, He said, “…In Isaac shall thy seed be called.” This means He wasn’t referring to the biological descendants of Abraham, but the Christ: “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, and to seeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ” (Galatians 3:16).

Then, Galatians 3:29 tells us, “…if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” We’re the seed of Abraham, and each one of us has the potential of a multitude. You carry the seed of greatness. Your progress and prosperity should be ever-increasing. Read about Isaac; the Bible says, “…the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great” (Genesis 26:13).

If you were a Pastor for example, and you had a thousand members in your congregation, as the seed of Abraham there’s no reason those one thousand members shouldn’t grow to become five thousand or even ten thousand within a specified period. You have the grace and ability for growth, increase, and expansion.

You’re graced for greatness; anointed to be fruitful and productive in every good work. Therefore, keep making progress from glory to glory.

CONFESSION:
I belong to Christ; therefore, I’m the seed of Abraham, graced for greatness, and anointed to be fruitful and productive in every good work. I’ve been ordained to prosper, and to live in your glory. I bring honor to you today, and always, in Jesus’ Name. Amen!

FURTHER STUDY:
GENESIS 12:2 (KJV)

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

JOHN 15:4-5 (KJV)

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.5.I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

ROM.8:16-17 (KJV)

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:17.And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING:
1-Year Bible Reading Plan: 
Acts 11:19-30;NEH 1-3

2-Year Bible Reading Plan:
2 Cor. 8:18-24; Isaiah 13