This week’s Scripture tells us that the Lord will extend our borders if we keep His commandments:
“Now if the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you the land which He promised to give to your fathers, and if you keep all these commandments and do them, which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and to walk always in His ways, then you shall add three more cities for yourself besides these three.
Deuteronomy 19:8-9
In this story, Moses, the man of God was instructing the Children of Israel that when the Lord brings them to the promise land, they shall separate three cities of refuge for people who may have accidentally killed someone to go and hide.
He then tells them three things they must do so they can add three more cities of refuge. The three things they must do are:
- Keep all the commandments of God and do them
- Love the Lord your God and
- Walk always in His ways
Why do we need our borders to be enlarged?
- You can fulfil God’s purpose for your life
When your territories are enlarged, your influence in this world will be great and you will be able to fulfill God’s original purpose for humanity which is to ‘be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth (Genesis 1:28)
- You move from a local champion to an international champion
When your territories are enlarged, you are no longer just a local champion, you become an international champion. So for example, if your calling is to bless others through song writing, your songs will not only be known in the town and country where you live but people all over the world will hear about your songs and you will be celebrated as an international song writer.
God told Abraham that if he obeyed Him and left his country to a land that God will show him, He will make his name great and this promise applies to us also:
I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing
Genesis 12:2
What can you do if you want an enlarged territory?
If you want the Lord to extend your territory or influence, please do the following:
- Keep all the commandments of God and do them
- Love the Lord your God and
- Walk always in His ways
Prayer of Jabez
In addition to the above you can do what Jabez did, call on the God of Israel and pray this prayer on a daily basis:
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
1 Chronicles 4:10
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