Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Rehoboth is
the place of great fruitfulness; increase, refreshing still waters and
opportunities. Rehoboth is the land of divine opportunities patiently waiting
for you. Your Rehoboth is a city set on a hill which cannot be hidden. Your
Rehoboth is where global visibility, significance and relevance awaits you in
the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Global visibility and fame is for the purpose
of feeding the lambs of God, tending the sheep of God and feeding the sheep of
God. It is not to celebrate you but the great grace of God upon your life.
Significantly,
your Rehoboth is a place free of limitations,, spite, ill will, hatred, envy
and wickedness so that you can expand and make progress as God would have you
progress. The Philistines clogged the wells in order to spite Isaac. If they
had a need for the wells, they would not have clogged them with dirt and
debris. Rather, they would have used the water for profitable agricultural and
even nonagricultural activities.
Spite is a
tool of the enemy used by his human agents to avert or slow down the plans and
purposes of God for a believer’s life. There are quite a number of instances of
such in the Bible. Spite is used by the enemy to wound a person’s spirit
through humiliation whether in public or private. The intent is to incapacitate
the person from moving forward.
Peninah for
instance already had children and enjoyed her husband’s wealth and therefore
had no business mocking Hannah who had none then. Yet, Peninah consistently
used spite against Hannah by ridiculing and mocking Hannah daily simply because
Hannah had not had children then. Though Peninah succeeded and made Hannah’s
life miserable, it was only for a while because one day, God opened the eyes of
Hannah to who she – a daughter of Zion. Thereafter, Hannah dried her tears and
took her case to the God of all creation Who said that none would be barren in
His house. Hannah became the mother of children named in Elkanah’s genealogy.
Significantly, not one of the many children of Peninah were mentioned in the
genealogy of Elkanah.
The brothers
of Joseph attempted to kill Joseph not because his death would bring them any
relief from their envy but to spite Joseph. The brothers of Joseph later sold
him as a slave to Midianite traders; not because they needed the money but
because they wanted to spite Joseph in order to stop his dreams from coming to
pass. Unknown to them, their evil intent against Joseph which were all borne
out of spite would ultimately take Joseph to his dreams. Divinely, God
orchestrated the sale of Joseph by the Midianite traders to Potiphar, a high
Egyptian official in Egypt. Though Joseph eventually served an unjust prison
sentence in Egypt, everything worked out for his good as he eventually got to
his Rehoboth; heads above the older siblings who did not want him to succeed.
Travel light
as you travel to Rehoboth so that you do not carry burdens that God did not
design for you to carry. This is because such burdens will slow you down and
even make you lose focus and who knows, you may decide to discontinue the
journey to Rehoboth. Therefore, drop the dead weights of unnecessary emotional
baggage against people who ill-treated you. Jesus Christ is the perfect example
to look up to. The same people He came to set free insulted Him, ridiculed Him
and crucified Him yet He forgave them. Joseph also forgave his siblings.
Rehoboth and not what people did to you or said to you is your destination.
Therefore travel light and fast. God grant speed in the mighty name of Jesus
Christ. Shalom.
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