When God comes to a life in power, it is always a time of rejoicing and expectation for the future. Isaiah described this experience as similar to that of a child born to a previously barren woman. The child's arrival changes everything. Life cannot continue as usual. Before, the dwelling place might have been large enough for two, but now it must be made bigger. The child's presence causes the parents to completely rearrange the way they were living.
"Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes." Isaiah 54:2
Isaiah was proclaiming that when God comes, we must make room for Him in our life. We must "enlarge the place of our tent" because God's presence will add new dimensions to our life, our family, and our church! We do not simply "add Christ on" to our busy life and carry on with business as usual. When Christ becomes our Lord, everything changes!! When before we may not have expected good things to come through us or in our life, now we should have a spirit of optimism. We ought to expect our lives to become richer and fuller. We can anticipate God blessing others through our life, and look for God to demonstrate His power through our life in increasing measure.
As a Christian, how do we make room for Christ in our life? We must repent of our sin! We allow Christ the freedom to do what He wants in us. We watch eagerly for His activity in our life and in our family and in our church. We live our life with the expectancy that Christ will fill us with His power in the days to come and will "stretch" us to do things in His service that we have never done before!
May God richly bless you today!! H Trent!
"Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes." Isaiah 54:2
Isaiah was proclaiming that when God comes, we must make room for Him in our life. We must "enlarge the place of our tent" because God's presence will add new dimensions to our life, our family, and our church! We do not simply "add Christ on" to our busy life and carry on with business as usual. When Christ becomes our Lord, everything changes!! When before we may not have expected good things to come through us or in our life, now we should have a spirit of optimism. We ought to expect our lives to become richer and fuller. We can anticipate God blessing others through our life, and look for God to demonstrate His power through our life in increasing measure.
As a Christian, how do we make room for Christ in our life? We must repent of our sin! We allow Christ the freedom to do what He wants in us. We watch eagerly for His activity in our life and in our family and in our church. We live our life with the expectancy that Christ will fill us with His power in the days to come and will "stretch" us to do things in His service that we have never done before!
May God richly bless you today!! H Trent!
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