I’ve got a question for you today: What are you hoping for?
The reason I ask is that I often
receive emails from people who ask for my help. They write detailed messages about the things that happened to them in the past or the difficulties they face in the present. So they feel hopeless.
To help myself determine if I can
assist them, I’ve devised a simple test. This test is based on some words the Lord said to Abram (later renamed Abraham).
Before the Lord told Abram He was giving him the land of Canaan as an inheritance, the Lord asked Abram to do something first. Here are the words, found in Genesis
13:14-17:
"And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then
your descendants also could be numbered. Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you."
Did you catch what the Lord told Abram to do first?
Actually, it was a combination of things. And both things were related to Abram's ability to hope.
In the following article, you will learn what you must do first to have the things you are hoping for.
I am also including an unforgettable test for you to do that drives this point home: