ENVISION deliberate in seeking His presence and relentless in pursuing it. Choose to be so in tune with God that we can sense where He is and how He wants us to move.
REQUIREMENT 5: WE MUST STEP FORTH IN FAITH
Don’t just think about it, pray about it, dream about it. Just do it!”
God’s plans will always be bigger than us, involving more than we could ever imagine. Sometimes, the thought of His plans can be so daunting that we are tempted to reject them, to run away from them. However, if we do nothing, you can be sure that nothing will happen. Very often, the miracles of God are hindered because we are afraid to step forward in faith. We hear of how God led different ones of us to share the Gospel with prebelievers and how salvation takes place. Imagine if no one step forth to start the conversation. Expansion happens when we step forth in faith! Don’t just think about it, pray about it, dream about it. Just do it!
REQUIREMENT 6: WE MUST MAINTAIN OUR ANOINTING “As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. ‘Oh no, my lord!’ he cried out. ‘It was borrowed!’” – 2 Kings 6:5 In the days of Elisha, metal was an expensive commodity and, thus,
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borrowing an axhead was a big deal. It was not an exercise of merely asking: the prophet would have to beg to be entrusted with this precious possession. That’s why the prophet was in great dismay when the axhead dropped into the river. The axhead was not his to lose! In this season of expansion, God will pour out His anointing into our lives. However, this anointing is not ours, we are merely stewards of His anointing. The anointing has been entrusted to us and we must care for it, be good stewards of it, and maintain it so that it doesn’t leave us.
REQUIREMENT 7: WE MUST PRESS THROUGH! “‘Lift it out,’ he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.” – 2 Kings 6:7 When the axhead floated, it was not Elisha who retrieved the axhead but it was the prophet who stretched out to take it. God will do His part but we must recognize that each of us has a part to play. Breakthroughs do not come about by standing around and doing nothing. It requires us to stretch forth! To press in. To dip our hands in the rushing water and reel it in. Yes, while you have taken responsibility and stepped forth in faith, sometimes breakthrough requires more. That’s when we need to press in and stretch.