“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. For you shall expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations, And make the desolate cities inhabited” Isaiah 54:2-3
God is expansive in His nature and agenda, everything He does originates from both a global and eternal perspective and He created us to function like Him. However, sometimes situations and experiences force us into a subsistence rather than expansion mentality. We focus on surviving rather than thriving and existing here on earth alone, without realising that there’s eternity to consider.
When we think small, we unwittingly shrink our perception of God’s capacity down to the level of our thinking. The challenge with seeing God as small is that such a mindset gives room for compromise as we will be tempted to think we need to take care of ourselves, rather than depend on God. Dependence on self also makes us earthly focused rather than heavenly focused because nothing of eternal value can be achieved by our strength alone.
This series we are digging into what it takes to create the atmosphere in which we need to function to experience expansion in our daily lives. We pray that as we go through this series, the Holy Spirit will open our eyes, hearts and minds so we are equipped to operate in expansion and enlargement. Click here to download the study.