SEE

5th January, 2014

TEXT: Isaiah 43:19, Genesis 13:15 and Jeremiah 1:11-12

INTRODUCTION

God told the Prophet Isaiah to tell His people to forget the past (with its pain, mistakes and old ways) and see (behold), the new things He is about to do for them. Unless they see the new things in the spirit, there was no way it was going to manifest in the physical realm. Having a picture of the future is very important to possessing the future. When we are to align our vision to God’s own and see as He sees then only can we confidently rest in Him to carry us there.

WHO DO YOU SEE?

The Disciples of Christ asked Him to show them the Father and Jesus told them that He is in the Father and the Father is in Him and He is us (John 14:20). We have to see our God in all situations. He is bigger than our past, our mistakes, our enemies, our fears and all things. He loves us than anybody could ever love us and He has our interest at heart. He always does us good. That is why He gave us His only begotten Son Jesus. Let Christ be the object of your focus. Let Him be the reason why you are here. His love for you is the reason he does what He does for you.

Isaiah 43:1-17 declares:   

But now thus says the LORD who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are Mine. “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, nor the flames set you ablaze. “For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. “Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honoured. So I have loved you. Therefore, I will give men for you and people for your life. “Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bring your seed from the east and  gather you from the west. “I will say to the north, ‘Give them up,’ and to the south, ‘Do not keep back.’ Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth. “Bring everyone who is called by My name. For I have created him for My glory. I have formed him. Yes, I have made him.” Bring forth the blind people who have eyes and the deaf who have ears. Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this and show us the former things? Let them bring forth their witnesses so that they may be proved right. Or, let them hear and say, “It is true.” “You pare my witnesses,” says the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor will there be after Me. “I, even I, am the LORD, and besides Me there is no saviour.  “I have declared and I have saved. And I have proclaimed

when there was no foreign god among you. Therefore, you are My witnesses,” says the LORD, “that

I am God. “Yes, before the day was, I am He. And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand. I will work, and who will reverse it?” Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, “For your sake I have sent to Babylon and have brought down all their nobles and the Chaldeans

who rejoice in their ships. “I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.” Thus says the LORD who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters, who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power. (They will lie down together. They will not rise. They are extinct. They are quenched as a wick.)

The above scripture indicates what God wants to do for us because of His great love for us. We must seek to see and know Him. He must be our focus and desire. We must possess Him in our spirit, soul and body.  He comes into our lives to make all things new. He said behold I make all things new. In him we become new creatures the old is gone and the new has come. We become like Him, full of power, wisdom, humility, gentleness and more.

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

After seeing God, His Son and His Spirit, you must then proceed to see new life. Your life must not be the same after seeing Christ. There must be a change in your character. The old nature must die for the new life in Christ to appear. The new nature of Christ must appear in your life. The new thing God promises to do must start with you and your character. New wine cannot be put in old wine skin. The new wine is for new wine skin as Jesus said in the gospels. You start a new Bible reading plan, prayer life, devotional life, church attendance and so on. You must see new things happening in your life to posses new things.

Isaiah 43:18-19

“Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. “Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it will spring forth. Will you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

You must then proceed to see the future you want now. God told Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:11-12) that He has seen well. We must see great things for ourselves because of the new life in Christ. We have become kings, priests and prophets so we must see and experience the great things this people see and experience in their lives.

WHY DO WE SEE?

We see for the next generation. We see great future for us and especially for them. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream for the future generation and today it is happening. A black man is a president in the USA. We must dream dreams and see for posterity. God also told Abraham that all the land he sees will be for him and his seed in Genesis 13:15. All that we are able to see by faith in the spirit will be for us and the generation yet unborn. The Bibles says that the just shall live by faith so we must live by faith and see and achieve great things for our God as His witnesses.

 CONCLUSION

We must see Jesus in heaven and in our lives and seek to be with him in heaven. HEAVEN must be our goal. Those who see heaven every day and live as heavenly citizens and wash their cloths with the blood of the Lamb are those who will be there. See by faith, live by faith and be like Christ at all times. He is the way that God is making in the wilderness for salvation unto the world. John came crying in the wilderness that way should be made for the soon coming king. Now the King has come and He is living in our hearts and He will come again. Let’s live in readiness to meet Him. Amen.