Bible Reading: Matthew 25:14-30
This year is
your year of enlargement; however you may face opposition from others as you
are pressing to enlarge. A pastor said: “Enlargement means more responsibility
and anyone who has been found unfaithful in his or her present level cannot
move to the next level. In the school of God, no one is promoted on trial!”
The following are the enemies of enlargement and
expansion:
Fear Of Failure: Matthew 25:14-30
Fear of failure
is a killer of enlargement. For instance the unfaithful steward in Matthew
25:14-30 feared failure, so he did not even try to use what he had been given
by his master. The only time you ever really fail is when you stop trying.
Thomas Edison, a great inventor in the United States, tried hundreds of methods
which failed before he invented electricity. But Mr. Edison went on to become a
great success because He did not stop trying. Eventually, he discovered
electricity. The Biblical record is filled with stories of great men and women
of God who failed, but went on to become successful for God because they did
not stop trying. Actually, when you fail to enlarge, you are enlarge in
failure.
Fear of the Cost
There is no
crown without cross and cost. Fear of the cost has made many to remain the same
and not expand. They see it as waste of resources and time.
Ignorance:
Ignorance is
another enemy of enlargement. Some people do not have thought of enlargement,
and since they did not have such thought, they do not plan or ready to be
enlarge. Hosea 6:4
Lack Of Purpose:
When people do
not understand God's purpose and their specific purpose within God's plan, it
is difficult to plan for enlargement. You must first know your purpose if you
are to make plans to enlarge it. As a child of God, you should learn of the
great purpose of God and your specific purpose in His plan. When you
understand these, you will be able to communicate them to others and help them
recognize their part in God's plan.
Belief That Enlargement Is Not For Everybody:
Some
people believe enlargement is not Biblical. But the Biblical record is
filled with men and women who enlarged under the direction of God. Our God is a
God of purpose and enlargement. He has enlarged individuals, nations, Israel,
Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Church in His plan. His purpose was established
from the beginning of time, and He is still working out His plan in the world
today. Without enlarging you, God has NOT fulfill His plan and purpose for you.
Belief That It Hinders The Holy Spirit:
Some people
believe enlargement of their business, ministry, marriage, or organization
hinder the freedom of the Holy Spirit. This is not true. On the Day of
Pentecost, the enlargement started with believers with the great outpouring of
the Holy Spirit upon the believers – Acts 2:1-ff
Slothfulness: Proverbs 24:30-34
Some people do
not enlarge because they are slothful. Slothfulness is unconcern and laziness.
It does not bring forth spiritual enlargement.
Tradition:
Anytime you
try to do anything different, you will encounter opposition of those bound in
tradition. They do not want to change. They have done things a certain way for
many years and it has become a tradition.
Fear Of The Future: Jeremiah 29:11 (The Living Bible)
Enlargement
deals with your present and with your future. Some people fear the future
and do not like to think about it or plan for it, therefore they are fear to
take step of enlargement. But you do not have to fear because God
controls the future. He already knows the plans He has for you.
Forces of Darkness
Nehemiah has a
vision, passion and desire to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, but the enemies
rose against him within and without. He did not allow them to stop him, but is
some cases, people allow such antagonists to stop them.
Sin - Prov. 28:13
Sin will
hinder a man from experiencing enlargement unless it is repented of, confessed
and forsaken (sin must not to be covered). You must be willing and obedient in
order to enter into divine enlargement. Disobedience to God’s word carries a
curse and no one can make it under a curse (Deut. 28:15-68). To be cursed is to
be empowered to fail.
Are you
faithful at your present level? There is no enlargement by God for an
unfaithful person. Pick up your assignments again and step up your faithfulness
for divine trust. Beloved, you must conquer all the above factors in order to be enlarging!
Prayer Bombs For Today
1.
Father deliver me from the forces that can
hinder my expansion this year in the name of Jesus
2.
Father, I confront all the barriers of my
enlargement with thunder of God in the name of Jesus
3.
The spirit of fear of the future, hear the word
of God get out of me by fire in the name of Jesus
4.
Father, destroy every road-map of the enemies
against my expansion in the name of Jesus
5.
Father, remove demonic umbrella that covers my
vision with your thunder in the name of Jesus
6.
Every forces assigned from the pity of hell to
stop my expansion, you are a liar scatter by fire of God in the name of Jesus
7.
Father, empower with your strength and conquer
all the enemies of my enlargement in the name of Jesus
8.
Father, I fill all the pit of failure that
digged by the enemies against my expansion with their blood in the name of
Jesus
9.
As from today henceforth, Father make my
destiny a free zone for the enemies in the name of Jesus
10. Father enlarge
my marriage in your mercy
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