Saturday, December 1, 2018

The Alpha of Spiritual Supplies


UV 3118/10000 The Alpha of Spiritual Supplies
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
Genesis 26 v 25
Since Isaac had a covenant relationship with Jehovah based on faith like his own father Abraham, God was with him. He did not have to fear anything since God was with Him. The Lord God promised to bless him and to multiply his descendants. Likewise, when we are faithful to our commitment to the Lord based on our faith in Jesus, the Lord promises to be with us, to bless us, to preserve us from all fear, to multiply us. Isaac responded with a heart of worship which he manifested by building an altar of thanksgiving. He called upon the name of the Lord. We, too should turn our hearts into an altar of worship of the Lord.
Isaac pitched his tent where he worshipped the Lord at the altar. The worship of the Lord is the focal point of our homes and our lives. There is no separation of home and church. The Lord is tabernacled in us. Scripture provides the templates of the living temple not built with human hands where alone the Lord dwells. We therefore, experience joy for the word states that “ I hear the voice of rejoicing in the tabernacle of the righteous.” We are declared righteous by faith in Jesus and then, we manifest that righteousness as the fruit of that faith. The place where we worship is also the place where we dwell. The place where we worship is also the place of our life’s work and the source of our provision for there, Isaac’s servants dug a well. We call upon the name of Jesus who is the Yes and Amen to all God’s promises.
Scripture is the source of the water of eternal life. We need to dig deep into it and draw from it the water of life that will keep us from becoming spiritually dry. Scripture is also the source of the oil of eternal life. It is an oil well too for we are anointed as we dig into scripture, our minds are anointed by the Holy Spirit to understand, our ears to hear , our eyes to hear, our hands to do, our legs to go places for the Lord. When we study and meditate on scripture and examine how we can apply it to our lives, we are digging the well of eternal life. When we apply the revealed truths of scripture to our lives and manifest its power, we are drawing the water therefrom and drinking it to nourish our souls. Our souls prosper as we drink from the fountains of the Lord even as we are blessed with physical, intellectual, material, familial and social well being. We can agree with St Paul ‘s statement, “My God shall supply all my need according to His riches in glory.”

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