DOES YOUR MINDSET LINE UP WITH GOD’S? Part 2 , No. 570
DOES YOUR MINDSET LINE UP WITH GOD’S?
Part 2
“And he brought him (Abram) forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them:
and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be”
(Psalm 105:24).
In our last devotion I shared with you seven adverbs of how God wants us to fill the earth. But there’s more yet! Not only does God give us these adverbs but He also paints pictures for us on this subject. He wants us to feel His heart about this subject. God promised the patriarchs of old that their descendants would be like . . .
THE STARS OF THE HEAVENS
Genesis 22:17: “That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the STARS OF THE HEAVEN.”
As we look up to the heavens and see the multitude of stars God wants us to know that this is how He wants to multiply His people. God did not give this promise only once but many times. Read Genesis 15:5; 26:4; Exodus 32:13; Deuteronomy 1:10; 10:22; 28:62; 1 Chronicles 27:23; Nehemiah 9:23; and Jeremiah 33:22.
The New Testament also writes about it in Hebrews 11:11, 12 (NLT): “It was by faith that even Sarah was able to have a child, though she was barren and was too old. She believed that God would keep his promise. And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead—a nation with so many people, that LIKE THE STARS IN THE SKY . . . there is no way to count them.”
THE DUST OF THE EARTH
God promised Abraham in Genesis 13: 16: “And I will make thy seed as the DUST OF THE EARTH: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.” Read also Genesis 28:14; Numbers 23;10; and 2 Chronicles 1:9.
THE SAND UPON THE SEASHORE
Genesis 32:12: “I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the SAND OF THE SEA, which cannot be numbered for multitude.” Read also Genesis 22:17; Isaiah 48:18, 19; Jeremiah 32;22; Hosea 1:10; and Hebrews 11:12.
THE GRASS OF THE EARTH
Job 5:25 (NLT): “You will have many children; your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!” Read also Ezekiel 16:7.
THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS
Genesis 24:60: “And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her . . . be thou the mother of THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.”
The phrase “thousands of millions” speaks of that which cannot be numbered.
Numbers 10:35, 36 (NASB): “Then it came about when the ark set out that Moses said, ‘Rise up, O LORD! And let your enemies be scattered’ . . . When it came to rest, he said, ‘Return, O LORD, to the MYRIAD THOUSANDS of Israel.’”
Deuteronomy 33:17: “His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the TEN THOUSANDS of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”
Hosea 1:10: “Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which CANNOT BE MEASURED NOR NUMBERRED.”
Deuteronomy 1:11: “The LORD your God make you A THOUSAND TIMES SO MANY MORE as he hath promised you.”
LIKE A FLOCK
Psalm 107:41: “Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him FAMILIES LIKE A FLOCK.”
God loves to make our families like a flock. One or two children don not make a flock. Whether you are blessed with a small flock or a large flock, a flock is more than the 1.9 average of children per family in America today.
Ezekiel 36:37, 38: “I will multiply their people like sheep. Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be FILLED WITH FLOCKS OF PEOPLE. Then they will now that I am the LORD.”
Dear ladies, as we read the above Scriptures, we read more than words. We get a glimpse of God’s big heart, His love for children, and His purpose for multiplying His people. He not only wants to fill the earth with His glory (revealed through His people) but to fill eternity.
Let’s look AT A COUPLE OF Scriptures that take us into the eternal realm as we close this post.
We read in Daniel 7:9, 10: “I beheld . . . the Ancient of days . . . whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery steam issued and came forth from before him: THOUSAND THOUSANDS ministered unto him, and TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.”
Revelation 5:9-12: “. . . And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders and the number of them was TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND, AND THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS . . .”
Can we enlarge our hearts to think like God’s heart?
Nancy Campbell
www.aboverbies.org
PRAYER:
“Dear Father God, please enlarge my vision to see Your great plan and to understand that it goes far beyond this life into eternity. Amen.”
AFFIRMATION:
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