Enlarge Your Tent

"Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare: Lengthen the cords, and strengthen your stakes." -- Isaiah 54:2



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Today's devotional was written by Dr. Henry Blackaby in his daily devotional, EXPERIENCING GOD -- The Devotional:


"When God comes to a life in power, it is always a time of rejoicing and expectation of the future! Isaiah described this experience as similar to that of a child born to a previously barren woman. The child's arrival changes everything! Life cannot continue as usual! Whereas the dwelling place might have been large enough for two, not it must be made bigger. The child's presence causes the parents to completely rearrange the way they were living.


Isaiah proclaimed that when God comes, you must make room for Him in your life. You must 'enlarge the place of your tent' because God's presence will add new dimensions to your life, your family, and your church. YOU DO NOT SIMPLY "ADD CHRIST ON" TO YOUR BUSY LIFE AND CARRY ON WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL.


Whereas before you may not have expected good things to come through you or in your life, now you have a spirit of optimism. You ought to expect your life to become richer and fuller. You can anticipate God blessing others through your life. You can look for God to demonstrate HIS power through your life in increasing measure.


As a Christian, how do you make room for Christ in your life? You repent of your sin. You allow Christ the freedom to do what He wants IN you. You watch eagerly for His activity in your life with the expectancy that Christ will fill you with HIS power in the days to come and will 'stretch' you to do things in HIS service that you have never done before!"


How about it, my brothers? Are you willing to let the Lord enlarge YOUR tent? If you are, hold on! You are going on the ride of your life! -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK


God's WORD for YOU: Proverbs 12; Hosea 9-11; Revelation 3


Think About This: "You can never pray "the prayer of faith" if you look at the person who is needing it; there is only one place to look and that is to Jesus." Smith Wigglesworth