Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Passion Fuel III

A Revelation of God’s Destiny for you

God spoke to Abram and called him out that he might enter into his destiny.

Gen 12:1 Now the Lord had said to Abram:

"Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father's house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

NKJV

Abram’s destiny was revealed to him that day and the scripture says that he departed, just as the Lord had spoken to him. Abram’s promises were totally dependant upon the word of the Lord. The very things God was asking him to leave behind ( country, family and inheritance) were also the things he was promised to receive. Sometimes God has to remove us from where we are so that we might become what he wants us to be.

God’s promise to Abram was the revelation of his future. But if we look closely we see that all those who are in Christ are the descendants of Abraham and are included in this promise.

Gal 3:29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. NKJV

We are promised a country and a family. We are to be a blessing to families and to nations. We are promised an eternal inheritance.

Heb 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God NKJV

Though Abraham had promises that pertained to his present temporary life, he also knew it included an eternal heavenly city whose designer and builder was God.

We enter into the promises given to Abraham by entering into Christ. We also inherit promises that God spoke concerning the seed of the woman in Genesis 3.

Gen 3:14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:

"Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.
"
NKJV

We are also included in God’s promise that the seed of the woman would bruise the serpent’s head. Jesus confirms this in Luke 10:19.

Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. NKJV

God has revealed in His word that we have an awesome inheritance and it is not only speaking of heaven. We are part of this great family now and we are a blessing to the nations, here and now. We are destined to tread upon the serpent’s head now in this life; figuratively speaking Satan is under our feet.

God has called us to come out from the world and to follow Christ into our destiny. We must leave our former worldly life and seek that heavenly country whose designer and maker is God.


Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
NKJV

John 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. NKJV

James 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. NKJV

There is always an extreme application to scriptures that can be promoted by a spirit of religion. Paul clarifies this in 1 Corinthians 5. He says; “Though I told you earlier not to keep company with sexually immoral people, I did not mean you should not try to befriend those outside the church for the purpose of winning them to Christ. It stands to reason if we were to never have contact with sinners, we would have to totally leave this world.” My own paraphrase


1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. NKJV

Paul is drawing a distinction between people in the church who confess Christ, yet live an unrepentant life of immorality, and those who are serious about holiness. We should endeavor to get close to those who are lost, without entering into their sin, so that we can give them the good news of the gospel.

So, like Abraham was called to leave the familiar behind to discover what God had in store, we are called out of this world’s system and influence to become representatives of another kingdom. This is our destiny. Having a revelation of our destiny should fuel our passion.

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