At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.”
They answered, "We saw clearly that the LORD was with you; so we said, 'There ought to be a sworn agreement between us'--between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you.
~Moses, concerning Abraham
I notice two things with Abraham:
- It was in what HE DID that God was with him.
- This was seen CLEARLY.
As we’ll see later, the specific kind of action that shows God’s presence is perfect success or prosperity in whatever His follower does according to His will. So God’s presence, manifest in perfect success, is contextual.
For a shepherd, like Abraham, it would manifest in success in sheep herding: perfect protection and provision for his sheep, and perfect increase in the number and quality of sheep. His sheep would fill his land, and the quality of his sheep would be perfectly healthy.
Whatever context I am in, having the same faith as Abraham, I should expect the presence of God to manifest in my perfect success. When those who watch me see clearly see this success, they will know God is with me because only God has success perfectly.
As a husband, I can love my wife to such an extent that she will see clearly the Lord with me.
As a father, I can train my children with perfect success. Not that they will perfectly honor and obey me (though they should,) but that I will perfectly train them by word and example in the power of the Spirit.
As an officer, I will bring order and peace to such an extent that those under my authority will see clearly that the God of order and peace is with me.
As a minister I will speak words from the Spirit that others experience as from the very mouth of God.
I should expect and accept nothing less.
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