Nov1, 2011
Psalms 122:6 pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Deuteronomy 1
Promise Land
>>Obstructions
V28
1. People are stronger and taller than we are
- In pursuing our dreams with God we will see a lot of people that will be a reason for us to believe that we cannot go on. We think they are more significant than us and much stronger than us. These maybe are friends whom you think who knows everything and whose influence on you are greater than the voice of God. It could be someone close to our heart, loved ones, parents or best friend. The moment that you focus on these it will start to blur your focus on your dreams. Yes we love them but not as much as we love God whom it the end we will be with. The dream that we have for God will affect everyone around us including our family. They will be affected with the blessing the we have from following, from faithfully obeying God in every way, so it is still not a selfish act when we go for God, it is not saying that we are neglecting the feelings of others but it is saying we love them all the more by obeying God because we know they will also benefit the favor that we will be receiving from our Lord Jesus.
2. The cities are large and the walls up to the sky
- We as Christian sadly like small things, now don’t get me wrong about small things, what I mean is we settle for less, because we think that is all there is for us and we must be contented.” hmm ayoko ko nga”. We are afraid of greater things, because we are not use to dream big things. Well me? I used to be like that, example honestly speaking I don’t like to go to “sosyal restaurant” hehe.. because I always thought humble ko and why spend there when I can just eat along the road haha gamay kayo akong panan-aw sa akong sarili happy nako didto, and because of doing that the people around never experience greater things, I locked them below. I separated them from the real world, from opportunities and also from experience and hindering them to level up their faith in those kind of probability . And so I and them think ‘didto lang mi kutob”, “didto lang mi bagay”. And in connection with our dreams for God when we see some large cities and walls we always think we can’t conquer it, it’s too big for us and especially when we are so comfortable of where we are, we don’t want to go to somewhere else. In relation to these because I settle for less I represented myself less, the way I think, the way I act, i don’t suggest things and I don’t dare mingle with people who think big and I don’t dress well and I don’t experiment on that because I always think God loves me already “ok na ni” but it’s all lies! Christians are made for greater things, we must think big, dream big because our God is a great big God, there’s more for us than where and what we are right now.
V29:
Do not be terrified do not be afraid of them, the Lord your God who is going with you, will fight for you.
This is a promise enough for us to go and dream big things and continue to pursue our dreams for Him because He will always be with us.
3. Anakites – giants
- Personal problem, our giants, we are afraid to face our own weaknesses. Because we believe it’s all about us. By facing the giants in our lives there we will see how amazing and powerful God is, there we can see how big and great is the God we are serving and how he can smashed the giants in front of us, but unless we step forward and face this giants we will not be able to experience God ‘miracles in our lives. We have to step out of our shells and face our selves. There is a saying that the greatest enemy of our lives is ourselves. Its times for us to accept that we are nothing without God, as Paul said “therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me” 2Cor. 12:9. Do not be afraid of giants God can kill them in one shot.
Focus on the Promise land and surely we will be there in God’s grace. We must overlook all obstruction to see the Promise land.
