God called Abraham after he separated from Lot his uncle’s son. Abraham chose the mountain top after Lot must have chosen the greener part of the land of which later became Sodom and Gomorrah. The separation was as a result of quarrel between Lot’s herdsmen and Abraham’s. Before Abraham chose the land, God said to him, “As far as your eyes can see I have given it to you.”
Today as believers how do we see? How do we see the boundaries of our inheritance, the promises of God for our lives – through the Eyes of Faith! As far as your faith can take you is as far as you can receive. You can’t receive more than your faith can give you. How many are ready to allow their faith to rise to the next level? If your faith does not grow, it cannot give you the victories you need in that level. The level we are now, to some our faith is not able to deal with the outstanding situations; so we need to move to a higher level in our faith. For example, the eagle when it needs food doesn’t need to fly flow. From the height the eagle flies its vision is wider and can pick what it needs. You need to make a declaration to yourself and a decision to go higher today. There are few things you need to know such as:
You are in a New kingdom: If you are born-again, you are in a new kingdom. Even though you are in the world you are not of this world. The Bible says, “He has translated us from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of His dear Son” (Colossians 1:13). The problem many are having is they are still operating as if they are still in the kingdom of darkness – it won’t work. In this New Kingdom, there are laws, and principles that God has set I place for us to work by and operate with so we can receive our victories. If we lay hold of them and apply, we will surely succeed. Nobody can stop you!
How Do I Operate in This: The way you can be established is by faith to faith (Romans 1:17). The just shall live by faith. It is so sad we claim that we live in a New kingdom (God’s Kingdom) yet we live by how much we have in our account. The old kingdom which is the kingdom of darkness operates on the principle of how much you have in our account while the New Kingdom which is the kingdom of Christ operates on how much faith you have. Beloved faith is our heavenly currency, and we must have the wisdom of God to convert our heavenly currency (faith) to the earthly currency (money) so that we can use it here. This is the will of God for us. Remember no matter how anointed you may be when you go the market to buy food stuff, the seller requires money not faith. In this New Kingdom we walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). In the old kingdom everything is centred on my sensory perception while in the new kingdom it is my spiritual perception – faith. In this New kingdom, there must be a change of our nature if we must operate in the spiritual. Because we will operate in a spiritual perception, Jesus gave us this nature by dying for us (2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Peter 1:4). Through faith we become partakers of Christ’s nature. Even though we still live in the old house (body/flesh), we are new creatures and we are going to the realm where we can make the impossible become possible but we need to know we have been given the nature to do the impossible. If you don’t know or don’t have Christ’s nature you will keep struggling. We have been given the things of God for this new nature. The New kingdom (God’s Kingdom) is a place where we govern and defeat Satan and his agents.
How Does This Faith Work: Faith comes to us by hearing and by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). If we open our ears to carnal words, we fill it with such and that is what will come out. We must make decisions to allow only positive things in our lives. As you hear the word of God I pray that this faith will come alive in Jesus name….Amen!!! Faith gets you healing, deliverance, protection, money, etc. In this New kingdom, faith is necessary and if you don’t have it you will be running to and fro because that is what the enemy wants you to do. You should not be moved by what you see but by what you believe in God and continue to confess it. The first step of success is faith. The same faith plus focus will keep you going no matter the obstacles ahead. If your eyes of faith are dead because of the constant failure you have encountered, please pray this simple prayer with me:
Lord Jesus, help my unbelief grant me another opportunity to start all over again and never to give up. For me to know with the strength of Christ I shall start and finish well no matter the obstacles in Jesus name…..Amen!!!
Others may not see it the way you see it because you are seeing with the eyes of faith. This is the way we operate in the new kingdom which is the kingdom of God. Continue to renew your mind with the Word of God as you keep walking and working towards your God-given purpose in life (Romans 12:2). Remember no one else can help you get there if not your faith in Christ Jesus. You can get to any height in life without pulling anyone down, taking forcefully what belongs to another person or stealing people’s ideas without acknowledging them. Stand in the place of faith and see the power of God in action. Remain blessed.
By Bishop Simon Iheanacho