How much more do you want?

I heard a powerful sermon this weekend that was based on an illustration of the life of Abraham. There were quite a few points in the sermon that we can all relate to:

• Letting go of ourselves ... we need to submit to our spiritual leaders that God has placed over us. i.e. our Pastors, Elders, Leaders. They are our covering and protection.
• Letting go of the delay in our lives ... a place of past dissapointments, past hurts, past frustrations.
• Letthing go of ungodly relationships ... be a righteous and a holy people of God. Do not isolate yourself from the world but be ye seperated. Go into the world and make a difference.
• Letting go of our failures ... Sometimes when we make a new step in God, we have certain expectations that we demand of God and when those things don't start taking place, we get off track and we start figuring out ways to make those things work for us. We need to know that there are no challenges if we are already in the will of God. God will take care of all things and we need not fret.
• Letting go of our blessing. This is the part that really stuck out to me! I was truly challenged by this because I can relate to an example of a person who gets a blessing and cannot figure out how to let that blessing go. I figured I have been tried and tested for so long, and now that my blessing has come, its truly mine! :) But God calls us to more, right! And the bottom line is that if my hands are still full, I cannot receive anything else. Giving off of your blessing does not necessarily mean giving away all of your money but it means to think of others' needs before yours. How can I bless someone else today? How can I make someone else have a better day? It is not all about me!

The method is simple! Bless others with the blessing that you have and God will multiply your increase!