Post by Zac Loh on Aug 4, 2010 5:43:31 GMT -5
Keep On Keeping On – Principle To God’s Financial Blessing – Part 3
Genesis 26:12-25
Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah. And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” (Genesis 26:21-22)
God will provide. Isaac learned this lesson on a mountain of the land of Moriah. His father Abraham taught him this. Isaac himself was the material object in the object lesson. God provided a ram to replace Isaac in the burnt offering. It must have been an acute real-life never-to-be-forgotten lesson (Genesis 22:8-14).
`Sitnah’ or `enmity’ in English, was used to describe what happened in naming that well. A bitter rivalry took place, no doubt. Hence, Isaac left the well of Sitnah and moved-on to dig another well elsewhere.
You change strategy. You move on looking for new openings. Because you didn’t give up nor let up, you will come to an exact place of God’s blessing just for you.
He named the new well `Rehoboth’ meaning `spaciousness’. Here, Isaac had no rivalry. It was God-ordained monopoly. It was God who made room for Isaac to be fruitful in the land of financial blessing.
You will notice that Isaac kept on digging. God encouraged Isaac to keep on digging new wells. Rest but don’t quit. Don’t be too satisfied to move, when God is prodding you on. Think of others. God wants to bless you to be a blessing to others. God’s blessing will never fix you to such an extent that you remained blessed without being a blessing. God believes in spill-over.
A question that begs to be answered: “Why didn’t God just lead him to the right well, why waste time?”
I have a two-fold answer:
1. We are in a spiritual growth process, a journey to become more and more sensitive to the Holy Spirit, and learning His ways through exposure to the real deal. Even our spiritual faculties are needed to be given time to mature and develop. We are always ever increasing in discipline, sharpness and accuracy in discernment.
2. Every setback, every disappointment, can be an object lesson in the hands of God. Not that every difficulty or problem is God-designed. Nonetheless, God uses such situations to teach, tutor and train us – in preparation. They can be God’s tools to mold us and shape us.
Genesis 26:12-25
Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah. And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” (Genesis 26:21-22)
God will provide. Isaac learned this lesson on a mountain of the land of Moriah. His father Abraham taught him this. Isaac himself was the material object in the object lesson. God provided a ram to replace Isaac in the burnt offering. It must have been an acute real-life never-to-be-forgotten lesson (Genesis 22:8-14).
`Sitnah’ or `enmity’ in English, was used to describe what happened in naming that well. A bitter rivalry took place, no doubt. Hence, Isaac left the well of Sitnah and moved-on to dig another well elsewhere.
You change strategy. You move on looking for new openings. Because you didn’t give up nor let up, you will come to an exact place of God’s blessing just for you.
He named the new well `Rehoboth’ meaning `spaciousness’. Here, Isaac had no rivalry. It was God-ordained monopoly. It was God who made room for Isaac to be fruitful in the land of financial blessing.
You will notice that Isaac kept on digging. God encouraged Isaac to keep on digging new wells. Rest but don’t quit. Don’t be too satisfied to move, when God is prodding you on. Think of others. God wants to bless you to be a blessing to others. God’s blessing will never fix you to such an extent that you remained blessed without being a blessing. God believes in spill-over.
A question that begs to be answered: “Why didn’t God just lead him to the right well, why waste time?”
I have a two-fold answer:
1. We are in a spiritual growth process, a journey to become more and more sensitive to the Holy Spirit, and learning His ways through exposure to the real deal. Even our spiritual faculties are needed to be given time to mature and develop. We are always ever increasing in discipline, sharpness and accuracy in discernment.
2. Every setback, every disappointment, can be an object lesson in the hands of God. Not that every difficulty or problem is God-designed. Nonetheless, God uses such situations to teach, tutor and train us – in preparation. They can be God’s tools to mold us and shape us.