Don't Give Up!

 
If you will not outrun God because of the severity of your problems, you will surely overcome and enjoy the blessings of God.

 

Reverend G. S. Adeyemo

 

God told Isaac not to go down to Egypt because of the famine; however, he should stay in Gerar. God promised to bless him even in the land of the Philistines and amidst famine.  Isaac obeyed God and stayed in that land. 

“And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:” Genesis 26:2-6. 

Isaac obeyed and God fulfilled His promise concerning him. If you will not outrun God because of the severity of your problems, you will surely overcome and enjoy the blessings of God. 

Gerar means rolling city. It is a place of incessant attack on God’s given vision and progress of the family of Isaac. As a matter of fact, difficulties abound in Gerar; but the reality is that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Your recurrent trouble will end in outstanding testimonies. When God is leading and directing your move, no matter how many are your afflictions, they will bow and you will lift up your eyes and declare, “NOW THE LORD HATH MADE ROOM FOR US” Genesis 26: 22b. The Lord is able to turnaround the hardest experience into perpetual breakthroughs for generations to come. In Exodus 15 verses 26 and 27 the Bible says, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

Before Isaac entered into his Rehoboth, he got adequate leading from God. He determined to press on in the face of oppositions and intimidation. Another important thing Isaac did which I will encourage everyone reading this message to  do is SOWING. To an ordinary mind, there are several reasons for Isaac not to sow in the land of Gerar. First there was famine all over the land. There was scarcity of rainfall and there was hostility from the host city. Even with that Isaac sowed in that land and in that year. He reaped in the same year in same place. This was so because; every seed sowed is backed by a covenant. It was ordained by God not just because you are spiritual. Jesus said, “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matthew 5: 45 

Whenever you have the opportunity to sow, don’t give up, you must be glad that God is giving you a Rehoboth. A place of enlargement and comfort. Therefore, 

 Sow in faith
 Sow quality seed
 Sow sacrificially

As you do so, the Lord God of the harvest will prosper your ways and home in Jesus name.