From Occupation to Expansion
by Bill Johnson
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One of the warriors of old made this statement: "The purpose of war is victory, and the purpose of victory is occupation." In the Kingdom, we add one more step to the process: The purpose of occupation is expansion.
The Lord would not give the Promised Land to Israel all at once because they did not have the ability to occupy all of the territory. By only giving them the amount of land they could occupy, He positioned them for expansion. Expansion is vital to advancing the Kingdom of Heaven. The man who was given the one talent and buried it simply occupied and protected that accomplishment but suffered tremendously because he did not take what he had and position it for increase (Matthew 25:15-28).
It's important that we view life with the perspective of expansion and forward motion. When we think this way, we are positioning ourselves for increase and promotion. It's not healthy to simply find a place you want to stay in and occupy. The moment you have found a leveling-off place is the moment you begin backsliding.
When your passion begins to decline, you already start to die. You were born to burn. Elisha came to the king and said, "Please strike the ground with these arrows." And he struck the ground three times. The prophet became furious at the king and said, "If only you had struck the ground five or six times you would have annihilated the enemy, but now you're only going to have three temporary victories." Because the king did not live out of passion, he couldn't carry the anointing that God wanted to give him, and it cost the nation. When leaders don't have passion, it costs everyone who follows.
Passion and the anointing run in parallel courses. A person with passion will take risks. Everything you want in the realm of the Kingdom is found through this veil of difficulty by stepping into the realm of inconvenience. You don't get it by coasting on yesterday's breakthrough. You were born for expansion.
Author’s Bio
My name Esther Pinkston Independent Associate/Distributor,
Founder of the New Wisdom in Wealth and Health Workshops.
I am a Self-employed free-lance Music Instructor (Piano/voice/guitar) and owner of Pinkston Music Instruction, Rochester, NY
Also a Licensed Evangelist/Teacher involved in Outreach Ministries with the National Church of God, Rochester, NY
My reasoning for being here is to Network Socially and to just make friends.
“The time to make friends is before you need them”. I’m originally from Fla. And I purposely meet no strangers.
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Posted By: Esther Pinkston
Tuesday, January 6th 2009 at 12:23PM
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