Lift up your eyes

God is so amazing, I was reading this email from CrossRhythms Life files and it suddenly hit me...what am I doing? I've been in Swansea over a month and I still don't have a church!
Why not I asked myself? And I came to the conclusion that I'm not trusting enough in God, I've been relying on my own strength and being overwhelmed by my own anxieties. It's time I lifted my eyes to God and relied entirely on him.
Thanks be to God for his word.


Gen 13:14-15, Jeremiah 29, Philippians 3

"Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are-northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever." (Gen 13:14-15)

Abram could not have imagined how much God desired for him considering he had not long moved away from everything that was familiar to him. Change can be quite a frightening experience so often you want to hang on to something tangible from your past "just in case." It is only natural to resist the unknown especially when you're also responsible for others around you. Well, that's exactly the point...you were never meant to consider your changing circumstances through natural sight. As hard as it seems, spiritual dynamics can only be understood and appreciated not by natural intelligence but by supernatural discernment. Your natural safeguards will fail you whereas God's plans are everlasting and guaranteed to see you through any challenges you may be experiencing now. Unless you disengage from some of your comfort zones and safeguards the future may be compromised. Abram could not imagine the magnitude of the promise of God for him and his descendant's lives whilst he argued over earthly riches with his nephew Lot.

When Abram parted ways with his beloved nephew Lot he heard the voice of God speaking amazing words regarding his future. The instruction was "Lift your eyes now." The time has come for you to lift up your eyes to the future. Abram's past was family squabbles, and his future was really as much as his eyes could take in. Whilst he wasted time on family arguments his eyes were cast downward on earthly riches but when he looked up, he saw God's all encompassing blessings. God has a four dimensional blessing for you today. Would you lift your eyes off that problem and look upwards to see God's never ending riches laid up for you in heavenly places? You cannot conceive what you cannot perceive neither can you birth what you have not conceived. So then..."lift up your eyes now, and see all that God has laid up for you"!

Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 29, Philippians 3

Prayer: Lord, help me I pray, to keep my life simple before you and to disengage myself from time consuming squabbles. Help me Lord to believe in your everlasting plans for me today and forever.

Obii Pax-Harry
Founder
Women Arise
Birmingham
www.womenarisepray.org.uk