23/08/2023
"YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR MORE"
Life generally is about who you become and what you get. And whoever you have become, you have the capacity to become more and whatever you've got, you have the capacity to get more. However, you can't become more or get more until you know that there's more.
For Instance, there's no end to your becoming because the more you become, the more there's to become.
2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV
"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord".
The more you behold, the more you become. You can only stop becoming when you stop beholding; so there's actually more to who you are right now.
And in getting, there's also no end:
2 Chronicles 36:22-23 KJV
"Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, [23] Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up". If the Lord would give a man all the kingdoms of the earth, dare to ask Him for more.
Psalm 2:8 KJV
"Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession".
Until you've accessed the blessing that makes you a Nation, don't settle for where you are - Jacob refused to settle for less until he became a nation. "Jacob to Israel" (Genesis 32:24-29). There's too much resting on your shoulders for you to settle for peanuts.
Genesis 32:24-28 KJV
"And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. [25] And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. [26] And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. [27] And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. [28] And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed".
So now, what's your capacity for more?
1. Your capacity for more is "Another Spirit"
Numbers 14:24 KJV
"But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it".
You must choose to be different from the crowd; possess a different mind from others, a different opinion, a different drive and vision, etc.
2. Your capacity for more is "The Ability To Forget The Past"
Philippians 3:7-14 KJV
"But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. [8] Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, [9] And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: [10] That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; [11] If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. [12] Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. [13] Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, [14] I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus"
Your capacity for more is your ability to forget the past, whether good or bad. Those who make advancement are those who look forward and not backward.
3. Your capacity for more is "Your Ability To Follow The Lord" Because He will be leading you to new territories, virgin ideas and witty inventions. Will you have the courage enough to just follow Him?
Psalm 61:1-2 KJV
"Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. [2] From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I".
TO BE CONTINUED...