Altar Ye Go

UV 3631/10000 Altar Ye Go Then Isaac planted seed in that land as a farmer and reaped in the same year a hundred times as much as he had planted, and the Lord blessed and favoured him. Genesis 26 v 12 What the righteous plant, God multiplies. What the unrepentant, the envious plant perishes. The latter will plant wheat and reap thorns. They will exhaust themselves without seeing profit from their labour. Their harvest will put them to shame. Not so those who fear, trust and love the Lord. Like Isaac, they will reap a hundred fold of whatever they plant. Our efforts are our seed. Our words are our seed. Our plans are our seed. Whatever is in seed form today will in due time become crops and fruit. Scripture records that his enemies made peace with him. He obtained the favour of local chieftain Abimelech who offered him guarantee of protection. Even with a single angel Michael protects His own against even an army that has risen against them. Isaac became great and distinguished on account of the favour of the Lord upon him. When the Lord smiles on us, we will prosper. The wicked and those who do not understand will gnash their teeth in envy. The foes of Isaac tried to block his blessings by filling with dirt the wells dug by his father Abraham but Isaac uncovered these. Likewise, our contemporaries may throw dirt at us but the Lord will ensure we are unscathed and blessed. The Lord will move us from Esek, the place where disputes arose and hence, Isaac called it Quarrel. He will move us to broad places called Rehoboth, or the spacious, the unconstrained or unrestricted. We need to pitch our tent in the Lord’s favour, offer Him our wholehearted worship and gratitude for His presence with us. We do not have to fear the future or what it brings for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (past, present and future) is with us. We have no alter ego or person we greatly admire for our hearts are dedicated to be altars to the Lord God. When the Lord dwells and rules in our hearts, we say to our egos, “Ye Go” and our egos will go with our pride, sinfulness, deceit, fears and the Lord, the Great I am comes with us. God does not want our resources, talents, abilities. He only needs our hearts of commitment and love. Abraham offered up Isaac as a sacrifice to God. The Lord declined it. But Isaac offered up his heart to God. The Lord accepted it and blessed, multiplied and caused him to rejoice as his very name means.