The Land is Before You

Motivation Monday: The Land is Before You

Genesis 34
9. And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10. And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

 This particular passage is not intended to be interpreted within the context of the story from where I'd ripped it. I intend using this to drive home that point of making the most of our immediate societies and environments within the opportunities hidden in there.

Wherever God has brought us has within it its reserved treasures. Everyone eventually arrives at a land that flows with milk and honey from where treasures might be dug.

Deuteronomy 8
7. For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

8. A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

9. A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

The land may be more than a geographical expression, it may be a virtual community, a profession or whatever situation we may have found ourselves.

Just as God gave the children of Israel Canaan land, so He gave the sons of Esau, Mount Seir and its environs and I'm sure so He also gave you and I our own lands. Whatever land He gives would flow with milk and honey for the people for which He has given it.

When Jacob and his sons got to Sechem, the land asked of them to take advantage and to use it. That's where the opening passage of this message came from. Though it took them another half a century to finally take the land, after a sojourn in Egypt, they eventually got the land.

Look around where you are? What opportunities do you see? Many people only see opportunities to illegally take advantage of the societies God has put them and so destroying such opportunities so that it doesn't continue to the future or to others.

Many are so engrossed in where they were coming from, that they waste energy pursuing what's not lost and missing the treasures before them especially people who live in societies with better infrastructure and social policies than the lands of their origin.

 Many would want to take short cuts that lead nowhere rather than follow quality pathways to perpetual future greatness.

But it must all begin with a vision. Where there is no vision, the people become indiscipline, they lose constraints and perish according to King Solomon.

 It takes faith, knowledge and divine inspiration to acquire vision. The knowledge of what's possible, the freedom to believe what's possible without the usual mental constraints, and a vital connection with the Spirit of God, the Creator will produce quality vision and direction with wisdom to make the most of the vision.

God had first told Abraham to lift up his eyes and look all around the land and walk through it, promising to give the land to his descendants... Of course, you can't see or walk through such a land in a moment physically, but mentally and spiritually, which he did. God then told him, as far as he could see, he would have.

Genesis 13
14. And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15. For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
17. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

And that was exactly what God did. We must seek to have complete information of what opportunities are available within the environment where we have found ourselves, particularly if God has planted us there, irrespective of the downsides of the society. That knowledge of the land gives us the opportunity and power to see and know what's possible, the programs, policies and so on, which the land has and what it needs.

We need to build the faith that all things are possible. Unbelief is a limiter. Unbelief is myopic and is blinding. Unbelief won't see beyond what's impossible. Unbelief will build a cage around a person and all the problems of the world, making possible exploits invisible and unattainable. It takes faith to conquer the yet to be seen world of the future. Without faith, there's no worthy vision.

Thirdly, divine inspiration is needed to see vision. God will keep showing us the possibilities within us. He has told us that by the reason of His Spirit being poured upon us, we'll see visions and dream dreams. And He is faithful. We must not close up our hearts to the inspiration of the Spirit of God. He has the blueprints of our future. The things which eyes are yet to see, which ears are yet to hear, which are yet to get into the imagination of men's heart are with Him to reveal to us. These things are preserved and prepared for us. They are within our reach through the Spirit of God. But He won't inspire to rip off the system or do the illegal, rather, He'll give wisdom to know what's possible that's yet unknown and undone reserved for us to discover and to do.

And this provision has no age limits. If you are young, go for visions, and if you are old, dream dreams... They are also not gender sensitive, you may be male or female, don't let nothing stop you from receiving vision to do exploits. And it doesn't matter what your financial or social status is, dreams and visions cost nothing. They often look like daydreaming, especially when your social and financial status of today don't match those dreams, but don't mind all that, vision has a way of pulling you through life till it marries you...particularly if they are from God.

See, the land is before you, it's a land God has given you and all you'll need are there within it...what can you see? Look for the pathways and open doors, acquire knowledge and education, build skills and competencies, do your researches and discover the mines, the land is before you in its lengths and breadths. Give it time and diligence, don't seek the broad and short way, endure the narrow way, it'll lead to life.

Believe beyond the problems and the limitations you see, because to the believing one, nothing shall be impossible so said Christ Jesus.

That land is before you, go and make the most of it!

Good morning. It's a great week!