Not Just A New Season

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Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent

in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

And Isaac dug again the wells of water

which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father,

for the Philistines had stopped them up

after the death of Abraham.

He called them by the names which his father had called them.

And Isaac's servants dug in the valley,

and found a well of running water there.

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen saying,

"The water is ours."

So he called the name of the well Esek,

because they quarreled with him.

Then they dug another well,

and they quarreled over that one also.

So he called its name Sitnah.

And he moved from there and dug another well,

and they did not quarrel over it.

So he called its name Rehoboth,

because he said,

"For now the LORD has made room for us,

and we shall be fruitful in the land."

- Genesis 26:17-22

This beautiful Biblical account is one of my favorites. It speaks of being brought into a wide place. It particularly speaks to me of bringing faith to a higher level - from passive faith to active faith.

The enemy wants to keep us locked up in a tight place - whether in the matter of relationships, finances, health, a job, or a career.

A tight place which feels like all the doors are closed, or a dead end.

But Rehoboth which literally means "room enough," has spiritual implications. Isaac said it beautifully: 

... the Lord has made room

... we shall be fruitful in the land.

There are a number of passages in Scripture that relate to this idea.

Oh Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup

You maintain my lot.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;

Yes I have a good inheritance.

- Psalm 16:5, 6

 The also brought me out into a broad place; 

He delivered me because He delighted in me.

-Psalm 18:19

You enlarged my path under me

So my feet did not slip.

- Psalm 18:36

I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy

For You have considered my trouble;

You have known my soul in adversities,

And have not shut me up

into the hand of the enemy;

You have set my feet in a wide place.

-Psalm 31:7

One thing I know: I cannot be held hostage by a poverty mentality of fear of lack and unending self provision. Somehow, my faith tells me that the God I believe in is a God of provision, abundance, and more than enough.

He is the God of glorious possibilities.

To him who believes, all things are possible.

This year I enter not just a new season... I am entering a new era.

It is My Rehoboth era... an era of abundance, or multiplication, of provision.