Hear from God(divine direction)

*Recap of Be Inspired Bible Studies Thursday 23rd May 2019*

*Anchor:* Sister Leah Adepeju

*Topic*: Hear from God (divine direction)

Now there was a famine in the land [of Canaan], besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines. The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I will tell you. Live temporarily [as a resident] in this land and I will be with you and will bless and favor you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish and carry out the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of the heavens, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and [consistently] kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” So Isaac stayed in Gerar. The men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife”--thinking, “the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is very beautiful.” It happened when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife. Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “See here, Rebekah is in fact your wife! How did you [dare to] say to me, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said to him, “Because I thought I might be killed because of her [desirability].” Abimelech said, “What is this that you have done to us? One of the men [among our people] might easily have been intimate with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us [before God].” Then Abimelech commanded all his people, “Whoever touches this man [Isaac] or his wife [Rebekah] shall without exception be put to death.” 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 favored him. And the man [Isaac] became great and gained more and more until he became very wealthy and extremely distinguished; he owned flocks and herds and a great household [with a number of servants], and the Philistines envied him. Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with dirt. Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from here, because you are far too powerful for us.” So Isaac left that region and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there. Now Isaac again dug [and reopened] the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, because the Philistines had filled them up [with dirt] after the death of Abraham; and he gave the wells the same names that his father had given them. But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing [spring] water, the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek (quarreling), because they quarreled with him. Then his servants dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so Isaac named it Sitnah (enmity). He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over that one; so he named it Rehoboth (broad places), saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be prosperous in the land.” Then he went up from there to Beersheba. The Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father; Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless and favor you, and multiply your descendants, For the sake of My servant Abraham.” So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord [in prayer]. He pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
GENESIS 26:1-‬25 AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/gen.26.1-25.AMP

The topic today is Hear from God (divine direction). Can we please share how we can hear from God?

Sis Queeneth: Through revelation, prayer, dreams etc.

Sis Leah: Yes. We need to know that we can hear from God directly but to be able to we must have that relationship to hear from Him.

So let us go into the word
The Beginning of chapter 26 of the book of Genesis we were introduced to a state the land. There was another famine which means this same land had experienced famine... the Bible let us know that this famine previously was in the days of Abraham which we can read of in genesis 20
Then Isaac went to the Philistine king Abimelech (It is a Title)...
God appeared to Isaac and gave him a clear direction a warning if I may say that He should not go to Egypt that he should stay in the land where He told him to stay...
This explains to us that Isaac had clear direction from God and God even appeared to H because He had a relationship with God.

God then backed up the warning with promise that if Isaac obeyed
I will be with you and bless you, I will give you the territory and your descendants. I will give you so much descendant that are so much like stars in the sky.
Not only that you will become a point of prayer where nations will be asking me to bless them like you are blessed because you obeyed my commands and laws
Grab a seat....

Remember the land Isaac was in was experiencing famine that is lack of produce or food yet God is giving him so much promise but the condition is to stay put in the land where he was
Isaac was living in Verse the men asked about his wife and he said she was his sister because he feared they would kill him because of the beauty of Rebekah. But Abimelech the king saw Isaac showing love to Rebekah in a way that is beyond a brother and sister level.

The king called Isaac and told him off that why did he lie that I'd anyone had slept with his wife the sin would have been on him.
You know in life some situation can drive you to fear of man where God will use an unbeliever to correct you this was what happened to Isaac and like mentioned earlier God can speak thorough people I believe God was using an unbeliever to rebuke Isaac so that he wouldn't sink in sin.

I pray that before it gets to a stage where we feel all tucked in and stuck God will send the right word of correction to us and we will not just hear but obey even when it seem difficult in Jesus name.

In verse 12 something miraculous happened...
Isaac sowed crops in a land of famine and in that year he harvested a hundred times much as he had sown because the lord blessed him
Obedience is a vital key to any success you desire or sand or feel you deserve in life.
There are some obedient situation that makes the person looks stupid
The fact that the land looks greener over shore or on the other side doesn't mean you must follow what others are pursuing.

Life is about having a destiny fulfilling goals
The best person who can always give directions and help in fulfilling the purpose is God
I believe that if Isaac disobeyed all through he will sow but there will be no harvest
Because his disobedience would have hardened the fertile ground left in a famine land.

How miraculous it is to have 100 folds of harvest when there was famine isn't it amazing how God can bring something out of nothing
Bro John: He did not only obey, he also trust that God is more than able to do all He has instructed him to do.

Sis Leah: Thanks Bro John. So true trust and faith in God is very important

Sis Queeneth: Yeah
You may be thinking I have sown I am yet to harvest as you wait don't veer off into disobedience wait on Him and let Him complete what He started
You might have done IVF several times and you wonder but God you give babies to people who do not need it and you know I need it don't give up.

Let me tell you something the period where some seed sown to germinate varies
You cannot compare the germinating period of tomato 🍅 to oak tree🌲
They can be planted at the same time one can come out before the other but one will outlast the other even though it came out last
You are coming out with the best in Jesus name
Isaac didn't stop prospering he continued to prosper and he became very rich..
That situation is progressing to the ultimatum of being exceedingly blessed and being a blessing in Jesus name.

He had so much flocks then he dug a well in Great valley where he was for some time the same well way dug years ago by His father Abraham he gave the well same name his father did...
The is just so amazing remember God promised to be with Isaac just as He was with Abraham so it is not surprising that Isaac was functioning in same path as Abraham did because God was with him
Say:
God is with me I will never fail even when everyone fail I will not just excel but I will be outstanding in Jesus name.

Sis Queeneth: God is with me I will never fail even when everyone fail I will not just excel but I will be outstanding in Jesus name.

Bro Femi: God is with me I will never fail even when everyone fail I will not just excel but I will be outstanding in Jesus name.

Sis Leah: The people of Great quarreled with Isaac they said the water was theirs Isaac didn't quarrel back instead he asked the well quarrel/contention as some Bible scholar named it..
Hmm sisters and brothers you might be doing things and people are picking up quarrel with you please move on don't allow someone to stop you on a track. where you ought to be in a touch and go pace no.

I was on the tube 🚆 one day going to work I heard this preacher saying Jesus love you walking up towards me in the carriage. Then as he was getting close some men were saying to him just shut up and stop the noise it's too early for this no one wants to hear this...
I thought this man would move on and just continue with his evangelism.
No he stopped and was saying don't tell me to shut up I can preach it's freedom of speech and it was a packed tube 🚆 I nearly dragged this brother preaching that just go on.. You have planted the seed of the word.

Don't uproot it with quarrel and unnecessary contention... Do what God sent you to do.

Bro John: It is when you trust God that you will be doing extraordinary things and people will think, you are abnormal. I think, that was why they were envious of Isaac.

Sis Leah: Yeah, Absolutely Isaac was harvesting in hundred folds in a land of famine.
They will envy him for sure
Isaac moved on and dug another well they picked up quarrel and hatred again that didn't make Isaac stop he labelled it Sitnah (Enmity/opposition)
Hmmm you want to sit down where opposition are rising that will stop your vision don't allow the oppressors to get you stuck
Don't allow opposition to keep you in a place where God had taken you far from.

Sis Remi: Deep word, thanks for this ma.

Sis Leah: Remember all these well we're already functioning in the days of Abraham but this people blocked it.

An adage says a leper cannot milk a cow 🐄 but can spill the milk on the floor.

Isaac moved on from this enmity and dug another well and named it Rehoboth (freedom/ God has made room for me).

Do you know if Isaac had dwelt in quarrel and enmity he wouldn't get to his Rehoboth?

Bro John: Yeah, Isaac knew all that are distractions, which was why he did not pay attention to them by fighting back.

Sis Leah: How many of us are stuck in enmity and quarrel that we have for go our Rehoboth?
God is telling you and I today let go listen to me and hear where I direct you to.
I am giving you freedom
In the land where Isaac feared for His safety God gave Him freedom.

I decree I am encountering freedom henceforth as I let go of all quarrel or enmity physically or spiritually in Jesus name

Bro Femi: I decree I am encountering freedom henceforth as I let go of all quarrel or enmity physically or spiritually in Jesus name

Sis Queeneth: I decree I am encountering freedom henceforth as I let go of all quarrel or enmity physically or spiritually in Jesus name

Isaac became prosperous in a famine land
It might not work for others but it is surely working for me
It might not function for the people of the land but it is functioning for me
Many of us are easily fed and led by the news of the land... they said people in this position in this land cannot do this and that.

Isaac was a migrant, a foreigner yet God made room for Him God gave him freedom God turned him to envy of the indigene of the land.
Helloooooo🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣It doesn't matter what the norm of the land is please follow the directives of God
It doesn't matter how many times you were confronted or fall do like Isaac stand up and move on

Bro John: Where the Lord is taking us is better than where they thought.

Sis Leah: Isaac didn't begin to calculate his labor on each well... He knew that God is the one who gives power to get wealth and as long as he is in tune spiritually with that God the physical is settled.

Are you in tune with God?
Are you still in Esek (Quarrel) the first well and you are counting cost?

Remember God said I will bless you and people will pray that they want to be blessed like you
C'mon people will envy you
They will say things that will make you wonder.

Some will cook up story
They will tell tales... Tale bearer reveals secrets but the faithful conceal matter Proverbs 11:13
That is what the word of God says...

Leviticus 19:16 says thou shall not go up and down as a talebearer among the people neither shall thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor I am the lord.

Don't stand telling tales where God has ordained people to tell your testimony and pray to have such testimonies
Do you know After the Rehoboth well Isaac left to Beersheba that night God appeared to him and said?

I am the God of your father Abraham do not be afraid I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because my promise to my servant Abraham...

Isaac servants dug another well there and built and altar and worshipped God
Do you think you can hear from God in disobedience, Quarrel or Enmity?

Rid yourself off those things God has a greater plan for you and I and He never fail in His promises.

Let us pray

Father I thank you for your word sent to me this wonderful day.

Lord forgive me in any way I have allowed disobedience to master my craft in life in Jesus name.

Lord I release myself to you henceforth speak to me I do not want to take any step without you ever again.

Lord take me away from all quarrel opposition duty whatever that has been placed in my life journey aiming to stop me from my freedom on Jesus name. I decree in this land I will be exceedingly blessed regardless of any form of delay I am working with the speed of God in Jesus name. I decree I will never give up because of any opposing power or enemy in Jesus name.

Begin to pray over all those things you want God to make room for you in and believe it is settled in Jesus name.

Lord I thank you for henceforth you lead me in all I do and I walk and work I. Freedom everywhere the sole of my feet step on in Jesus name.

One thing...
Difficulties might make you feel unworthy, like underachiever, disappointed but never let it keep you in place God doesn't want you to be His plans is for us to be blessed in all areas of life in every part of the world we find ourselves... so don't give up it is you season of Rehoboth..

Please feel free to drop your comment or contribution or questions
Thanks all for joining🥰
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