ABRAHAM RESTITUTED
MEMORY VERSE
Giving no offence in anything, that the ministry be
not blamed
2 Corinthians 6:3
READ
Genesis 13:14-18
Gen 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:
Gen 13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy
seed for ever.
Gen 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man
can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of
it; for I will give it unto thee.
Gen 13:18 Then
Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in
Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
MESSAGE
Besides
restituting in the areas of robbing people, lying concerning certain issues,
etc., we need to also restitute in our dealings with God. This relates to
instructions He has given to us. For instance, in Genesis 12:1-3, God made some
powerful promises to Abraham subject to only three conditions. He fulfilled two
of the conditions and felt the third one was unnecessary. In fact, he thought
people will call him names for sending away his late brother's son from living
with him. By so doing, he mixed his petrol (gas) with water and everything
began to go wrong. One day, as the problem became exacerbated and was now
affecting peace in his home, he realised what he did and asked Lot to separate
from him.
In Genesis
13:14-18, after that restitution, God resumed with him from where he stopped
some 13 years earlier. In other words, his refusal to obey the third condition
only fixed him on the same spot for that long! Beloved, as long as there is
water in your petrol (gas), you might not hear from God. Have you stopped
hearing from God and it bothers you? Check your life for any pending
restitution and immediately settle the issue. Have you obeyed God in certain
areas but failed to do so in one or more areas? Go and restitute today so that
you can begin to make progress at the rate God intended for you. If you pay
your tithes and offerings and the blessings are not coming, there may be some
restitution hiding somewhere which you need to make. Until his restitution,
Abraham's beautiful wife that was a source of his joy became a source of sorrow
as he ran from famine. He lost his wife and could have been killed but for
God's mercy. If you are constantly getting into trouble, find out if there is a
pending restitution.
KEY POINT
If you harbour a pending restitution, your progress
will be impeded.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
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