Enlarge Your Tent

There may be some things in your life that God wants you to move so that you can make room for Him.  In order to accomplish this task, it requires some work. (1) Clear lots of ground for your tent. (2) Spread out. (3) Think BIG! (4) Use plenty of cords (ropes) (5) Expect growth!

Isaiah 54:2-3

Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities. (ESV)

In Israel a barren woman was disgraced, for children aided in family chores and helped the parents in their old age. Fertility on every level was a sign of God’s blessing. For example, when Hannah was not able to have children she was devastated, but when the Lord allowed her to have a son she sang for joy (1 Sam. 1:1–2:10). Israel was like a woman who had no children and was therefore in a continual state of mourning. But by God’s sovereignty and grace He will enable her to have many children. So she will break into song and shout for joy. Jerusalem, once desolate and mourning (Lam. 1:1–5), will be revitalized and teeming with people. Also like a nomad who has so many children he has to enlarge his tent to accommodate them all, Israel’s descendants will increase and even settle in the cities of foreign nations because there will not be enough room for them in their homeland.

Credits: 

Christ In You - Oracles Of A Worshipper by Keifer R. Bradshaw

Make Room - Jonathan McReynolds