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You were created to grow and expand!

God told Abraham to “look” at the land from where he stood: “After Lot had departed, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.” (Genesis 13:14). He was imparting in him a picture that would allow him to “see” more than he was currently seeing. God gave Abraham a future picture that would become the “proof” that what he was believing for was possible. Faith is the evidence of things that we do not see with our natural eyes, but we can see it with our spiritual eyes. By faith, we can see much farther than our current circumstances. It helps us to break out of our current limits and struggles. God will give you a vision or picture of your future so that you can begin the journey of enlarging the place where you are planted. You were not created to remain the same. It’s time to grow and expand!

Isaiah 54:2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.

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Are you feeling the “stretch”?

Rubber bands are always very helpful in so many ways. When not in use, rubber bands look weak and lack a solid body. However, when they are “stretched,” they suddenly reveal their strength. They hold things together, and become a “third hand” for those that need their help. They reveal their strength under pressure. In the same way, when God stretches us, it reveals our true strength. God put pressure on Gideon even though he didn’t believe in himself. When Gideon was “stretched,” He accomplished great things. Pressure releases our true power and abilities. The  boot camp sergeant knows that, so they will push new soldiers to their breaking point. It is there where the new soldiers realize that they can actually accomplish much more that they had ever realized. It is there that they realize that they are stronger than they ever realized.  This year, God is stretching us beyond our comfort zones because there is something that He had already deposited in us that needs to be released in this day. However, it will not be released until we are “stretched.” Are you ready to be stretched? This is your season to be activated and to become that blessing that God created you to be!

Judges 6: 14-16 “Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” So he said to Him, “O [d]my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”