Yesterday we looked at reaching forward for what God has for us in the future, to have fresh vision. Here we read of God instructing them to shine the lampstand forward, so our theme continues.
When you shine your light forward do you see what God sees? He sees you in health, strong in body and mind, strong in faith, walking in love being blessed and being a blessing to others.
What does the average person see? The world teaches people their way of thinking and I often hear even Christians subscribing to it. It says you'll have loss of memory as you grow older. It says you'll diminish in strength and become frail or get this or that disease or you'll get a disease because one of your parents had it, which is all so untrue! Some people start thinking 'old' when they're still young and they seem to invite it in.
Remember we've been studying about the power of our own words and Jesus said we can have what we say. I had a very good friend who kept telling me over the years that he would die young and sure enough he died in his fifties. He prophesied into his own life and it was so sad.
But that defeated scenario is not what God sees for us. When Moses died none of his faculties were diminished. When Caleb was 85 he had the strength he had when we was 45.
Moses didn't start his life ministry till he was 80 and after 40 years in the wilderness he then died at 120. In Psalm 90:10 Moses talks about their lifespan being 70 or 80 but it wasn't a prophecy, it was the data he was living with at that time. That generation all died before reaching the promised land because of disobedience. Only those younger than that went in to take the land led by Joshua.
Actually God tells us our life span is 120 years!
Genesis 6:3 And the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
Psalm 91:16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.
So can I encourage you to see what God sees - a long, satisfying life. Let's not agree with the world view or buy into their thinking.
Let's renew our minds to the Word of God and speak it over our lives. It says He has given us a sound mind, we have the mind of Christ, strength for each and every day, that His eternal life is coursing through our veins bringing life, wholeness, healing and restoration; that we've been redeemed from the curse of the law and and from any and every disease our parents or their parents may have had.
Let's see what God sees, with our lamp facing forward lighting up the way, speaking over ourselves by faith what God says in His Word, and not what the world says. Amen.
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