I will Make you Great

This is not a declaration of a "motivational speaker". It's not the idea of man, not the latest trend in the affairs of leaders. The idea of Greatness has it's beginning in the mind of God.

The Lord had said to Abram; I will make you into a Great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name Great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all people on earth will be blessed through you."

Abraham is our "father of faith". We are his children in the Lord. The children share in his inheritance, it's their birthright. Then the promise is to us as well, "I will make you Great". This is right, but it's a hard thing to grasp if we've been taught, "we're hanging on till the end." Nothing could be farther from the truth. We are told to occupy till He comes. This word "occupy" is a military stance of invading and conquering the lands and force of the enemy. To set ourselves against the evil doers of this world. And to rule in the affairs of this world.

Here is something that we need to see crystal clear. God is not in a pact with the devil. He didn't concede any losses. He's not made a treaty, "if you don't bother me, I won't bother you". God is set against the devil, He's not tired. He's not going to give up or give in or give over. He arrayed his host of angels against him. He arrayed his Spirit against him. He's arrayed his Church against him, with this promise, "the gates of hell shall not prevail against you". There is no weapon, no counsel, no plan that can stop you!

Our mind set is so distorted that we don't see truth as clearly as the Word of God states. Has anyone ever told you that God will make you Great? I doubt it, we have been told the greatness of the world is immaterial. Let me ask you, who is the better witness. The man with the authority to affect a lot of people by his position, or the man who works for him? Our motivation is not to boast in our riches, but to be a rich blessing to a lot of people.

As an extremeist consider; if every CEO was a christian. If every elected official were a follower of Christ. If every leader of every country trusted in the Lord. Would this be a better world? Would the products be improved? Would peace rule? Would all disputes be settled in a fair and timely manner? Couldn't we then fulfill the word, "to live quiet and peaceable lives"? I think so. I think the world needs to see the rule of Christians in the workplace, in the government, in the leader of the corporations of the world. And you know what, SO DOES GOD. To fulfill the last statement in the declaration to Abram; "and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

We as the church have "spiritualized" the purposes of God. We say we are fulfilling this word. Yes, and No. James said that the physical is proof of the spiritual. Then the authority we have in the spirit should manifest in the natural. The blessings of the Lord are to promote us in the affairs of this world. To bring us to places of power and authority physically as well as spiritually. Consider: who is better equipped to lead than the church, who has the Spirit of the Lord? If the church isn't reigning, then the leaders are in the dark, leading others in the dark, and their end is in a fall for both. Doesn't the present world prove the inablity for man to lead man?

"The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him (Jesus, who is now the church) the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord - and he will delight in the fear of the Lord."

This is our equipment. The knowledge and wisdom of God. To break off the blindness of unbelief, to loose our minds to the ways of God. To see the fullness of the Lord's provision to bring righteousness to the earth. To establish the kingdom of God on the earth. To make His name a praise in the earth. And to be glorified in the great things He has done.