Quote from the book/audio, The Grace of Yielding. But, even so, Abraham still had a problem—his nephew, Lot. Lot never should have been there. It wasn’t long before both Abraham and Lot prospered. They both acquired so much cattle and so many goods that they could no longer live side by side as they had been doing. There was continual strife between their herdsmen (see Genesis 13:7-9). Abraham was the senior; he was the man whom God had called; he was the man to whom the inheritance belonged. But he stood back and said, “Lot, you make your choice. Whatever you choose, you can have.” Now, continue reading about what happened after Lot was separated from Abraham: And the LORD said unto Abram, after Lot had separated from him: Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art - northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever. (Genesis 13:14–15) That was his inheritance, but, God didn’t show it to him until he had been willing to yield. That’s how God will deal with us, too. As long as you hold on and say, “That’s mine; I’m not letting go,” you won’t see what God has for you. It’s the yielding spirit that receives the inheritance—not the grasping spirit or the grabbing spirit.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 19:00:01 +0000
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