Don’t rest in Transition

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Most of us believe Abraham was the first to leave Ur in response to God's call. However, Genesis 11:30 reveals that Terah was the original visionary, the one who began the journey to Caanan. Something stirred within him, compelling him to leave Ur behind. Although the journey wasn't easy, the joy of fulfilling a vision was far greater than all the hardships he would endure.

However, in the place called Haran, tragedy struck—Terah’s son Haran died. This loss broke the spirit of the visionary. The one meant to carry his legacy was gone, and with him, Terah’s motivation to fulfill his calling. Terah, now broken in spirit, settled in Haran.

*A man defeated on the inside cannot defeat things on the outside.*

There is nothing more frustrating for a man to see the glimpse of how glorious his life can be but never but never walk into it.

It was here that the Lord spoke to Abraham in Genesis 12:1, reminding him that he wasn’t created to perish halfway. The calling comes to him because he was meant to finish the journey his father began.

Child of God, you were not meant to give up half way or in mediocrity; you are called for something more greater and glorious. We are not a generation of just beginners but we are a generation who will finish what God has started in us. Do not abort God’s will and assignment over your life.

God doesn’t consult your family’s history before calling you—the Word qualifies you! With all your getting, get the Word! You don’t become a great nation by being surrounded by people or wealth; you become a great nation at the arrival of the Word. The Word transforms, qualifies, and equips you. When the Word comes, everything required for the journey comes with it.

“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:”Genesis 12:2

Out of all the people God could have chosen, He picked a family full of disadvantages. Despite being surrounded by evidence of his limitations, Abraham refused to trust what he saw in the natural and chose to believe God’s Word. Now God takes the greatest disadvantage and produces glory out of it. Only God can take your weakness and turn it into a strength.

Can you believe God and follow Him as if what you’re trusting Him for has already happened? Can you walk as though you are already in the Promised Land?

Faith isn’t an emotional decision; it’s a deep conviction. Faith takes a lot of planning and deliberate, intentional choices.

Terah took a break when he should have kept walking, while Abraham arrived in Canaan because he didn’t repeat his father’s mistake.

In transition, don’t take a break—rest can become a trap for the soul. Keep walking; we don’t take a break from the will of God; we don’t rest from the assignments of God.

When called to greatness, the temptation is not failure but little success. For Joseph, Potiphar’s house was a bigger trap than the prison. Small success is what destroys greatness.

The key to transition: Do not take a break till you arrive!

There is a reward for obedience. When God appeared to Abraham and promised him the land, Abraham’s first response was to build an altar. In the midst of those who claimed the land, Abraham raised an altar of ownership.

Abraham makes an invisible contract in the realms of the Spirit by raising an altar unto the Lord, he was marking the territory as his own.

When God speaks, many believers don’t know how to immortalize the promise. Seal the Word with an altar!

In the realms of the Spirit, the word is established. God grants ownership by speaking the Word; you enter into that ownership by raising an altar and entering into covenant with the Lord.

A stranger became an owner through a covenant.

2025 is the year of possession—exit transition and take possession of the Promised Land.