Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. Genesis 12:1-4
We are all people of great potential. Every single person under the heavens, are all persons of great potential. Irrespective of who we are, where we come from, or our circumstances we are filled with great potentials.
There is nothing really extra ordinary about people who have done extra ordinary things. Some people have worked their way to be extraordinary, some people have done extraordinary things and some people have been pushed into the extraordinary situation by time and circumstance.
A lot of things would combine or come together to attack the potentials of a man. Example is the brothers of Joseph came together to destroy his potentials. Life is full of difficulties, booby traps and all other things coming together to see we do not get to achieve our full potential
They set booby traps and limitations before Abraham so that he would not reach his potentials
- He was given a name that was incomplete, not the full potential of what it should be
- He was born into a family of idol worshipers
- they were afflicted with barrenness
- He was still living in his parents house at 75 years
It is a terrible thing not to be able to do the right thing t the right time. As Christians we are to walk circumspect and walk on the right path. As much as the enemy can, they cannot stop your greatness. The combined and tried they didn't stop the progress of Abraham, David, and Joseph.
If God does not put you in their hands they can not slow you down or stop you, You will move according to your time. The wickedness of people cannot stop you from getting to where you are going. The only person that can stop you is yourself. A lot of us are moved by the things that we see with our physical eyes.
As Christians it is important that we empower ourselves. Living the life we live in Christ one day at a time. Most importantly we are not to be put down by the things we hear and see. When it is time to elect the best among men, the man who is not held down by limitations is the one that is selected.
After Abram left the familiar in obedience to the word from God, all those limitations that the enemy seemed they had put in place to stop him from reaching his potential were utterly shattered. God changed his name and He became a blessing by which all children of God were called. The shroud of barrenness was removed from his life and he became Lord of his own house.
