Biblical Concept of Faith (11) (isaac 2)

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Last week we began to consider the matter of biblical concept of faith and we are looking at the man Isaac. We are considering some things that happened with Isaac and we are trying to relate it to what biblical faith is supposed to be. And we also took time to relate very, very critical issues in looking at the life of Isaac in relation to what should be the practice of faith today. So, as we journey from where we left the matter last week, I trust the Lord that the Lord indeed will carry each and every one of us yet further in this matter in the name of Jesus. So, we stopped at where that was in verse eight where the Bible says, "Now it came to pass when he had been there a long time that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through the window and saw, and there was Isaac showing endearment to Rebekah his wife. Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, 'Quite obviously she is your wife. So how could you say she is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die on account of her.'" So, last week we saw some very, very important things that intimacy with God leads to instruction from God that brings direction for us. Shared intimacy with God should be the means for the believer. What we look at biblical concept of faith? Faith from the Bible is that faith is not possible without intimacy with God. That's what we saw in the Bible. Without intimacy with God, you cannot have the biblical faith. Whatever you have, whatever you are having is not biblical faith. There must be intimacy with God, a product of being born again, being translated from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light, then begin to deliberately and consciously draw near towards God. That brings intimacy. That intimacy brings direction. That intimacy brings instruction. That instruction brings direction. That direction locates you at Gerar. That is what we saw in Isaac. And then we concluded last week that at Gerar, we need to understand that God does not call us because we are perfect, but He is perfecting us because we are called. So, because we are not yet perfect, we are being perfected. Our mistakes at Gerar, God has a way of turning around our human error to make sure that everything works together for our good. And I gave example of Joseph. Joseph made a very terrible error; he did not apply wisdom, but you remember all of those things worked together to bring him to the prison. The prison was the direct place to the palace where he was meant for. And I said, so, we must get that script very correct. That's why the Bible says, "Giving thanks to God in all things," that's one. I made reference to those scriptures last week. Also, the Bible says, "We know that all things work together for good," but he qualified the statement to people, "for those who love God." [Romans 8:28] So, they are people who share intimacy with God, who get instructions from Him, who get direction from Him, those who love God. They are God-chasers, they are God-seekers, people who love God, people who chase God, people who go after God, people who seek God with all their heart. The Bible says we know that all things, their mistakes, their error, God is able to make everything work together for their good. And so, we need not fear because the reality is that it is He who is able to keep us from falling and He who began this good work, I assure you, is able to finish it. That was where we left the matter last week. I just gave a quick summary of what we did last week. And today we want to move on from that point. Isaac at Gerar. And my prayer as we move on again and again and again, may we not miss our Gerar. Gerar is a place of God's presence. Safety is not the absence of danger; it is the presence of the Lord. As long as you are where God is, you can be sure that you are safe. As long as you are where God wants you to be, you can be very, very sure that you are safe. Please, I beg you wherever you are, Christianity is not just about being a church member. You can be a church member and not be a Christian. Christianity is not just about being in the choir, being in the Bible study, being in the different units in different churches. It's not about being in a unit; it's not about attending a church. Christianity is about sharing intimacy with God. Christianity is about receiving instructions from God. Christianity is about having direction from God. Christianity is about that direction bringing you to the place of God's presence. That is Christianity. If you reduce Christianity to just being a member of a church and being an activity group, you are just playing religion. May we not play religion, may we be truly kingdom people. I pray may we be kingdom people, may you be a kingdom person. And the kingdom, what Jesus came to establish is a kingdom, I keep telling people. He didn't really come to establish a church; He came to establish a kingdom. He said the kingdom of God is at hand. It's a kingdom He came to establish. Except a man is born again, he cannot see, he cannot enter the kingdom. It's about a kingdom. And that kingdom has a lifestyle. The lifestyle is that people who are in that kingdom, they share intimacy with the king of that kingdom. The king of that kingdom presides over their life. Presiding over their life, he gives them direction. That direction becomes their way of life. That is biblical faith. That is what we call faith, the way of faith, the Christian faith. The Christian faith is not "I am Baptist," "I am Redeemed," "I am Anglican," "I am Deeper Life." That is not the Christian faith. It's not about being denominational; it's about being kingdom person. May we be kingdom people. So, we try to move on this evening. We look at the matter from verse 10. From verse 10, Abimelech began to speak with Isaac. He said, and Abimelech said, "What is this that you have done to us? One of the people might have lain with your wife and you would have brought guilt upon us." But like I said, the hand of God is able to sustain us in Gerar. When you are where God wants you to be, the hand of God is able to sustain you. Somehow, somehow, nobody slept with Rebekah because the presence of God was with Isaac. The presence of God was with Isaac. So Abimelech charged all his people saying, "He who touches this man or his wife shall be put to death." What I'm trying to make you see is that when the ways of a man pleases the Lord, He makes even his enemy to be at peace with him. What I'm trying to say is that if you are where you ought to be, if you are where God wants you to be. You know, something came up yesterday in my church. I was with the teenagers and the matter came up about marriage in the teenage church. And some of the teenagers were saying that they really want to understand that if they choose not to marry, would they have done wrong? Because some people choose not to marry, some people decided they are not marrying. Is marriage a thing that is compulsory? What if somebody doesn't want to marry? Will the person have done wrong? So the matter got we got discussing with them, but this was the conclusion we drew with the teenagers. That because God already has a purpose for our life, we took them to the book of Jeremiah where God was speaking to Jeremiah, "Before you were born, I knew you and I ordained you to be a prophet." [Jeremiah 1:5] We told them that see, God already has a purpose for your life even before you were born. Now, that purpose, it is in that purpose that determines whether you will marry or you will not marry. That the more you can follow that purpose, if in that purpose you are not to marry and you don't marry, then you will never have regret. If in that purpose you are to marry and you marry, you will not have regret. But if in that purpose you are to marry and you did not marry, you have already left the place of purpose. That it is not about them planning their life, it is about them following the plan of God for their lives. And we concluded in the teenage church that look, if you will not struggle in life, you must learn to follow the plan of God for your life. Once you don't follow God's plan, then you will struggle through life. But if you follow His plan, the plan of God for it's already planned. He's able to carry you, the hand of God is able to carry you, is able to carry you through. So, what am I trying to say? What am I telling you this evening? Is that biblical concept of faith is about following the purpose of God. That is true faith. Real faith is following God's plan. So, real faith is actually a relationship. It's a relationship. It's like the way you have your father. Your father has plan for you. "My son, okay, by the time you come in," they already have a plan, "Ah, you will go to this nursery school. We'll take you to this place." They begin to take you to school, they register you. "Ah, my son will go to university." They already have some plans. It is same thing with God. Many times, the plan of these parents sometimes don't work well for the children because they cannot see all of the things through. But the plan of God is not like that. The plan of God is comprehensive and full. I want to beg you, as you are listening to me this evening, there is a plan of God for you and that plan of God takes care of everything that concerns you. I beg you, I plead with you, don't just run your life without direction. Run your life with direction and purpose. Live your life into the place of purpose and direction. Don't just move aimlessly, don't live aimlessly. Don't fight as one beating the air. Fight with a purpose, run with a purpose, run with direction, and may the grace of God be with you in the name of Jesus Christ. So at Gerar, your enemies will be at peace with you when you are where God wants you to be. God makes even your enemy to be at peace with you. God will raise a voice for you. It was God who raised a voice. The very voice that Isaac was afraid of began to speak for him. May those you fear work in your favor in the name of Jesus. May circumstance that are making you afraid turn out for your good in the name of Jesus. May men you have hitherto looked like obstacles to you, may they become your stepping stone to victory in the name of Jesus Christ. May you move on, may you go forward in the name of Jesus. I'm talking about biblical concept of faith. Biblical concept of faith is about victory. It's about victory. You know what Apostle Paul said? He said, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors." [Romans 8:37] I pray for you, anywhere it looks as if you have been defeated, anywhere it looks as if you are down, anywhere it looks as if things are not going as they should go, it looks as if things are scattered, I pray for you, nay, you will become a conqueror in the name of Jesus. May you become a conqueror in the name of Jesus. Verse 12. What happened at Gerar? Don't forget Isaac wanted to go down to Egypt, but God appeared to him and God said, "Stay at Gerar." Gerar, the place of God's presence. Gerar, the place where God is with you. Gerar is that place where God works for you, fights for you, undertakes for you because He is the one who gave you the instruction to be at that place. So at Gerar, Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold, for the Lord blessed him. We are looking at Gerar. Please don't forget that this Gerar is the place of famine. It is inside famine that Isaac sowed and he reaped a hundredfold. I'm talking about Gerar. You see, Gerar let me first show you something in Jeremiah 17. I will come back to this please. Turn your Bible to Jeremiah 17 so that you can begin to understand some of these things I'm trying to make you see about biblical faith. Biblical faith, biblical faith. Look at Jeremiah 17. Look at what the Bible says in Jeremiah chapter 17. In Jeremiah 17, the Bible calls our attention to something about the man who trusts in the Lord. He says, I begin from verse five, "Thus says the Lord, 'Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord.'" [Jeremiah 17:5] Can you see that? When a man do not share intimacy with God, when a man is not sharing intimacy with God, one thing you need to understand is that that life is not a good life to live. It's not a good life to live. The Bible says cursed, that is the man is not blessed. I don't want to use cursed in the serious negative way, but that is what the Bible says. The Bible says cursed is the man who trusts in man. Did you know when you are planning your life, you're a cursed person? When you are running your life, you are not blessed. Do you know that at all? He says cursed is the man who trusts in man. When everything about your life is about you, I don't really want to look at the word cursed, but I want to look at it as you are not blessed. I don't want to use the cursed as in curse here, but that is the word of the Lord. You see, "And makes flesh his strength," that is you're somebody living on your own understanding. Don't forget, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path." [Proverbs 3:5-6] It says, "Be not wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord and depart from evil." It means when you trust in your own understanding, when you don't trust in the Lord, you are doing evil. You are doing evil. Now, whose heart departs from the Lord? When you are not connected with God now, when he was to reverse it, when he was speaking on that, he says for the reason why the person is not blessed is that the person shall be like a shrub in the desert. He shall not see when good comes. May that not be your portion. You know what it means? You'll be missing opportunities. Let me tell you, life is about opportunities. What makes somebody better than somebody? Many times, it's not because they are smarter or better; it's opportunity. I was speaking with somebody one day. I said there are many professors behind wheelbarrow. The person say what do I mean? I said do you know that many wheelbarrow pushers have better brain than some professors? It was just that they were not opportuned to go through school by the virtue of the person who gave birth to them, by the virtue of how life went for them, by the virtue of the kind of parenting, by the virtue of how everything turned, they found themselves where they were. If they were given the same opportunity that some people who became professors were given, they would have been professor emeritus looking at their the capacity of their brain. Life is about opportunity. May you see when your good comes. May you not miss your good when they come. May you see your good as they come in the name of Jesus Christ. In every areas of life, in every ramifications of life, may you see your good as they come in the name of Jesus Christ. Life is about opportunity. That is what life is about; it's about opportunity. But I'm showing you what biblical faith is as against what it is not. And I'm doing it about Isaac. I'm trying to give you the background. You notice that when you are someone leaning on your own understanding, when you're somebody who doesn't trust the Lord with all your heart, when you're somebody who doesn't acknowledge the Lord in all your way so that He can direct your path, when God is not giving instruction and His instruction is not becoming what is your direction and so you are not in your location, the Bible says you will not see good when they come. He says, "But you will you will inhabit parched places in the wilderness, a salt land that is not inhabited." [Jeremiah 17:6] You know what that means? When you put salt on a land and you begin to plant on that land, please what happens? It doesn't grow. It doesn't grow well. May your efforts not be wasted. In the name of Jesus. May we sow in fertile land. In the name of Jesus. But what we are trying to look at something about biblical faith. That's just what I'm trying to what's what I'm trying to bring to us this evening. Now, look at another one. "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose hope is the Lord." [Jeremiah 17:7] Are you seeing it? His hope, that is his expectation is from God. "Baba, so what do I do? What next? How do I do it? You said I should be here." His hope is in the Lord. When your hope, when what you are doing is God who spoke to you, is God who gave you direction. So God is your hope. "Baba, do this. So, what Baba, this ah, Baba." The Bible says that man is blessed. You are blessed if you're that kind of a life. I am trying to make you understand that what makes a man to be blessed is not asset but access. Let me tell you, a man's life does not consist in the abundance of what he possesses. What makes a man to be truly blessed is not asset that he has a lot of asset. No. What makes a man to be truly blessed is access that he has access to God. That God is with him. The Bible says blessed is the man whose hope is the Lord. Blessedness is not about what you possess; blessedness is about who is with you. I want you to get it right. I saw somebody somebody wrote something and it made a lot of meaning to me. He said, "Much without God is little." He said, "But little with God is much." I read that thing, I said this is it. I said this is it, this is it. This is it. Look, what you need in life is access, not asset. If you have access, you're a blessed person. He say blessed is the man, blessed is that man. That man is blessed. What what is the nature of this man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope the Lord is? Why, why is he blessed? He said, "For he shall be like a plant by by rivers of water which spread out its roots by the river. He shall not fear when heat comes." [Jeremiah 17:8] That is what I want to show you with Isaac. Isaac was at Gerar. Please note, it was because Isaac was at Gerar, that was why in spite famine, what he planted was what? Yielded a hundredfold. It was because the matter was not about the situation in Gerar, the matter was about who brought you to Gerar. Are you understanding me at all? That is why I tell people, it is not about being in America, in being in the US that makes you to be prosperous. It is about who brought you into the US? How did you enter US? It's not about being in UK that makes you to be successful. There are many people under the bridge in UK, in US. There are many many people who don't have the quality of life that somebody in Benue may be having. Oh, I don't know if you're understanding me. What I'm trying to say, it is not the situation of the land that determines your blessedness; it is how did you enter the land? The situation of Gerar was that there was famine. The famine was such that people could not prosper. But Isaac was in Gerar. Gerar was a product of instruction, a direction from the Lord. As a result, what must happen in Gerar? Gerar made be a prosperous land for the man who entered Gerar by the Lord. What I'm trying to make you understand, it is not because you are in a place let me tell you, it's not because you read a particular course, it's not because you did a particular thing, it's not because you are in a particular place that is why all will be well. No, no. That is not biblical faith. You don't understand faith if you are somebody who is thinking like that. If you are thinking that, "Ah! Once I can just enter Canada, my whole will be better," then you are an unbeliever. If that is the way you are thinking, you're an unbeliever. You don't you are not a kingdom person. What you make you say, "If I enter Canada, it will be well," is that the Lord begin to tell me that I need to move to Canada because Canada is my location. And I am telling you, if the instruction of the Lord to you is to move to Niger oh, please listen to what I'm saying. If the Lord is instructing you to move to Niger, I'm trying to compare Niger and Canada in terms of material prosperity. If the Lord asks you today that, "My son, move to Niger," you know the situation of Niger. I am telling you, you will sow in that land and you will reap a hundredfold. Whereas, if you move to Canada when you are supposed to move to Niger, you will sow a hundredfold, you will not reap one percent. What I'm showing you what biblical faith is. Isaac, what made Gerar a different experience for Isaac? Is that Gerar was a product of intimacy, instruction, and direction. And I want to tell you this in life. Whatever is in your life that is a product of intimacy, instruction, and direction. Whatsoever is like that, when you sow into that thing, I am telling you, the outcome is a hundredfold. No matter what others are doing in that place, your own outcome will be different. Your outcome will be different. What is coming for you will be different. That is the point I'm trying to make you see. What is going to come out for you will be completely different because you are at Gerar. That is what I am praying for you. I am asking the Lord for you, anywhere you have missed direction, martially, financially, career-wise, health-wise, I don't know whichever way, anywhere you have missed direction, may the Lord reposition you to Gerar. In the name of Jesus. May the Lord relocate you to Gerar. May the Lord relocate you to Gerar. May the Lord relocate you to your Gerar. In the name of Jesus. It's not about the the situation of the land. It is about who brought you to that location. That is what is important. Isaac did not see when there was heat. There was heat in Gerar. There was famine in the land. He said he did not see when heat comes, but his leaf was green. He say his leaf will be green. You see that the leaf of Isaac was what? Was it not green? Was it not green in Gerar? His leaf was green. The Bible says you will not be anxious in the year of drought. Was Isaac anxious in Gerar? Isaac was not anxious in Gerar. I want to tell you, it is not the situation of Nigeria that determines the outcome for your life. No, it's not the situation in Nigeria. It is about what and what you are doing with this our eternal life. This eternal life, I tell people, this eternal life. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believe in this son should not perish but have eternal life." [John 3:16] This life that we are talking about that Jesus said, "The thief cometh not but to steal, to kill, and to destroy, but I have come that they may have life and that they may have it abundantly." [John 10:10] This life that Jesus came to offer us. This life what Apostle Paul said about this life, he said, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors." [Romans 8:37] Many times the problem is that people don't practice the biblical faith. The biblical faith is not about being in a denomination. The biblical faith is not about being a member of a church. The biblical faith is not about being in a unit. The biblical faith is about intimacy with God. Instruction from God. Direction from God. God's direction for our lives. That is eternal life. Eternal life is a life we live in God. Jesus said, "Flesh and blood profiteth not. It is the Spirit that gives life." [John 6:63] And what is the life? What did he call the life? John 6:63. What did he call that life? He said, "The word which I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." What I'm trying to make you understand. Listen to me. Listen to me. When Jesus speak into your academics, what happens to your academics? It has life. When Jesus speak into your career, what happens to your career? It has life. When Jesus speak into your marital life, what happens to your marital life? It has life. When Jesus speak into your health, what happens to your health? It carries life. But what I'm trying to make you understand, what I'm trying to make you see, what I'm trying to make you realize is this. This life we are talking about is about intimacy with God. Instruction from Him. Direction from you. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct all your way." Underline that word. "In all your way God wants to have life." Life is about He will direct. It is as He direct that you have life. This eternal life. When your location is alive, Hallelujah. Do you understand me now? May your location not be a dead location. May your location be a living location. May your education be a living education. May your finance be a living finance. May your career be a living career. That is what we call living, living, living. A faith that is alive. When James was speaking, he said, "Faith without works is dead." [James 2:20] That's what he was talking about. A faith that is alive. A faith that is a product of intimacy with God. Instruction from Him. Direction from you. That is the faith. May everything about your life be a product of this faith, be a product of eternal life. Everything about your life. May it be a product of eternal life. That's the point I am making. That's the point I'm making. So, this this faith, the biblical faith, is what we are discussing. Biblical concept of faith. Isaac was in Gerar. Gerar was a dry land. Gerar was a dry land. Gerar was a place that there was famine. It was a place where things were dry. But Isaac was wet. Isaac was a tree by rivers of water. What what I am what I am what I am bringing to you today, you see you see people talking about once you can leave Nigeria, all will be well. Once you can be in Lagos, all will be well. Once you can be in Port Harcourt, then it will be well. Once you can be in Abuja. Look, these are ungodly way of thinking. I am not saying that these location economically does not look more prosperous than some location. But what I'm making you to understand as a child of God, is that it is not the situation of the location that determines your blessedness. It is what brought you into that location that determines your prosperity. That's the kingdom life. That's the kingdom life. The same thing applies to your marriage. It is not that I married the child of a pastor or I married the son of a general overseer. We are members of the same church, we are under the same teaching, so I know it will be well. That is not what make it to be well. What makes it to be well is that I got my bearing from the Lord. That's what makes it to be well. So whether the person is inside your church or the person is outside the assembly, as long as the bearing is from the Lord, you can be sure. It is not the situation of the brother or the sister that will determine your prosperity, your success in marriage. What determine your success is that God brought you here. The same thing with your career, the same thing with your finance. It goes on and on like that. This eternal life touches every area of our lives. What we are seeing with Isaac was that it was affecting his economy. The economy of Isaac. Isaac would have been a wretched man if he had moved to Egypt. You know he wanted to move to Egypt? That was his direction. May you not be where God you know, post you you know, force you you know, where God is locating you to be. May you not be some may you not be somewhere where God did not post you. If Isaac had moved to Egypt, the reason why he wanted to move to Egypt was that Egypt was well watered. Egypt has irrigation because of River Nile. So he was looking at the greenness of Egypt. He wanted to move there. And I'm telling you, that's how some people are moving today to America, that's why they are moving to Canada. Please don't I've said this thing before when I was speaking with our kings, don't get me wrong. If God tell me today to leave for Canada, I will go after the process and I will move to Canada. So don't think I'm saying that going to Canada is a wrong thing. Please don't get me wrong. Or going to US is a wrong thing. If God tells me today, "Son, leave Ondo State, relocate to US, that is where I want you to be now," I'm telling you, before the end of this year, I would have relocated to the US. So please I'm not talking I'm not trying to insult anybody's sensibility. But I'm trying to make you understand biblical faith. That biblical faith makes us to understand that our prosperity is not a function of the situation of where we find ourselves. It is a function of who brought us into that location. That's what I'm trying to make you understand. If you are somebody whose way of thinking is that as long as this thing is prosperous, I will be prosperous, your mind has not been renewed. You have an ungodly mindset. You need to renew your mind. That's what I'm saying. It's not a kingdom mind; it's a worldly, earthly mind. That's what I'm saying. Renew your mindset. That is what I'm trying to make you understand about what we are discussing today in Genesis chapter 26, verse 12. That's what I'm expanding to you. I want you to bring this song together. It's a very simple song, very, very simple song. I will live for Jesus day after day. I will live for Jesus let come what may. The Holy Spirit, I will obey. I will live for Jesus day after day. (Song) Let's see what happens finally with Isaac in Gerar. Isaac in Gerar. He did not see when heat came. There was heat in Gerar. There was famine in the land. When heat came, Isaac did not see it. You didn't see that? Let's see how the matter conclude with Isaac in Genesis 26 as God starts rounding up gradually today. Verse 13. The Bible says the man sowed in that land and reaped a hundredfold and the Lord blessed him. I pray that the Lord bless you. May the Lord bless you. May the Lord bless you. May the Lord bless you. May the Lord bless you. May the Lord bless you in the name of Jesus. Let's see what happens further as we try to bring the matter to a close this evening. He say the man began to prosper. Ah, the man began to prosper. What followed? And continued prospering until he became very prosperous. I'm talking about being in Gerar. Isaac was where God wants him to be and the man went forward. He kept on going. He went yet further until he became exceedingly great. Whatever you are as we close this evening, I want you to begin to pray. I want us to take some time to pray. Two specific prayer points we are taking. Lord, help me that I may consistently be in Gerar. And Lord, in my Gerar, no matter the situation of the land, I will go forward. I will keep on going until I become exceedingly great. Lord, help me to consistently be first prayer point is that Lord, help me that I will consistently be in my Gerar. Lord, help me. Isaac was almost missing it, but the help of the Lord came for him. The help of the Lord came. Lord, help me. Let your help Your help for me to always be in my Gerar. Lord, my life will not miss this type of help. This help that Isaac received. This help. My life martially, my life spiritually, my life in my career, my life in my finance, my life in my ministry, my life in my purpose, my life, my life, my life will not miss my Gerar. My life will consistently receive this help to be in my Gerar. Isaac found his Gerar, I will find my Gerar in every area of my life. No matter the pressure from anywhere, no matter the distraction, no matter the worldly attraction, no matter the pressure from any corner, Lord, I pray. The help that Isaac received to be in Gerar and not in Egypt, I will consistently receive it. I will consistently receive it. Everywhere I am at this right now, Lord, by the working of Your mighty power, by the working of Your spirit, Lord, bring me to Gerar. Help me to be repositioned. Help me to be repositioned in any area of my life. Lord, bring me to Gerar. Lord, bring me to my Gerar. Lord, bring me to Gerar. Help me to be in Gerar. And Lord, the second prayer is that look, if you are sure that you are in your Gerar and it looks as if things are not working, we are going to pray together this evening. You want to change your prayer point. You want to pray. Everything contesting with my going forward in my Gerar. Everything contested with my going forward in Gerar. Ah! Everything contesting with my going forward, I prevail over you. I prevail over you. Not by power, not by might. Not by power, not by might. But by the Spirit of the Lord. By the Spirit of the Lord. By the outstretched hand of the Lord. He says because the Lord blessed him. It was the Lord that blessed Isaac. By the blessing of the Lord, for the blessing of the Lord makes rich. The blessing of the Lord can make you. The blessing of the Lord can change your situation. Oh Lord, I receive Your blessing in my Gerar. I receive Your blessing in my Gerar. It doesn't matter the situation in Gerar, maybe in that your job they are very hard, nobody in this place get promotion on time, you see everybody working here they delay their promotion, you see in this place nobody actually make it to the top, you see in this place good things don't happen to people, you see in this company people that live in this company they don't buy their own house, they will still be in this company, look I don't know what they are saying about that your location. But you know that you are in Gerar. I don't know what is happening to you in your marriage, but you know that God led you into that marriage. You are sure that what is happening to you in your academics, but you have this conviction in your heart that Baba you brought me to this point. I want you to look at that situation and say look, by the hand of the Lord, by the hand of the Lord I go forward. I go forward. I go forward. I go forward. I go forward. I go forward. I go forward. I go forward. Trust in the Lord. Trust in the Lord. Trust in the Lord. In Gerar, nothing can stop you. When you are in your Gerar, you are unstoppable. When you are in your Gerar, pray and say Lord, Your blessing will be upon me. Your blessing will change my story. Your blessing changes my story. Your blessing changes my situation. It is not about the situation in Gerar. It is not about the situation in Gerar. Maybe the Lord has asked you to remain in Nigeria and you are thinking that ah! I'm a civil servant, will I ever make it in life? Will I ever build my own house? Will I ever be able to buy a car? I want you to change your mentality and say God, because You are the one who made me a civil servant, because You are the one who asked me to be here, Lord, I will go forward. The situation of Nigeria will not determine my situation. Lord, I go forward in my Gerar. I go forward in my Gerar. I go forward in my Gerar. I go forward in my Gerar. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. He's able, more than able, to accomplish what concerns me today. He's able, more than able, He can handle everything that comes my way. He's able, more than able, ah! To make me all He wants me to be. He's able, more than able, He can make me all He wants me to be. He's able, He can make me all He wants me to be. Beloved He can carry you. He can carry you. He can carry you. He can carry you. Oh, I love this Yoruba song. (Song) In your Gerar the Lord will honor you. In your Gerar the Lord will magnify you. In your Gerar the Lord will promote you. In your Gerar the Lord will lift you up. In your Gerar the Philistines will envy you. In your Gerar you will go forward. In your Gerar you will keep going. In your Gerar you will prevail. You will prevail. You will prevail. You will prevail. In your Gerar you will not be stranded. In your Gerar you will not be ashamed. In your Gerar you will not be disgraced. In the name of Jesus. Thank You, eternal Father. Blessed be Your name, our God. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Let's share the grace together in fellowship brethren. Let's share the grace together. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forever more. Amen. God bless you, we see ourselves next week in Jesus' name. [Speaker 1] This message is coming to you from Family Tent Ministry, a Christian ministry involved in reaching the lives of singles and married through preaching and teaching of God's word, discipleship, family life enrichment, social and community development, and the mission field. Our regular activities are: Discipleship class, every Monday, 5:00 PM; Adolescents and Singles Club, every first Saturday of every month at 10:00 AM; Marriage Forum, second Saturday of every month at 10:00 AM; Family life seminars, regular school outreaches, and everyday counseling. For further counseling, you can reach us at our location, Life Camp by the first bridge, Ilere community, opposite Rejoice filling station along Ijede Road, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. You can also reach us through our social media handles: familytent@yahoo.co.uk, familytentministry01@gmail.com, www.familytentministry.org. Our phone numbers are: 080-3386-1136, 070-3361-3848. God bless you all.