I received a HUGE raindrop when Pastor Bond preached about
“walking the land.”
In Genesis 13:14-15, 17-18, the Bible says, “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 for ever. Arise, walk through the land in the length of
it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and
dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron
God promised Abram all the land he could see. He just told him he had to see it and walk
it. He has promised me the soul of my
loved one. After all, He dwells in eternity
and knows what happens in the future, because He is already there. He is omnipresent, present everywhere in all
TIME and place!! Isaiah 57:15a says, “For thus saith
the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity”. All I have to do is see it and walk it!!
Isn’t that wonderful?
I have to see it, which is the definition of faith found in Hebrews
11:1: “Now faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Then I have to walk it. 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, “(For we walk by
faith, not by sight:)”. (Yes, there is
actually a little smiley face in the Bible at the end of this verse!! Is that not wonderful?!?!?!?)
So, I practice “seeing” what God has promised as being done
already. I pray for God to accomplish
His promise to me in the way He knows will work best and invite Him to do His
work in my loved one’s life. Then I try
to “walk” the land, living there as if the promise is already accomplished, not
with a sad countenance reflecting life now, and not overwhelmed with the task,
because it not my task to complete; it is God’s, but with a happy face in full
assurance that what God has said, HE WILL DO!!! (I am smiling right now and feel like
shouting a great big, “WOOHOO!!!!)
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