Luke 19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ex 23, John 2, Job 41, 2 Cor 11
Occupy till I come can be a request which simply means be in charge
until I come. An example of such request is found in John 21:15 which
says so when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of
Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord;
thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. Occupy
till I come can be an instruction for example, Mark 16:15 says go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Occupy till
I come can also be a call to take over. One of God’s plans for His
children is that they will be the head and not the tail. According to
John 16:33 , Jesus has overcome the world for us so all we need to do is
take over our place at the top as the head.
The fellow asking you to occupy till He comes must be the owner of
what He has asked you to occupy. According to 1 Corinthians 10:26, the
earth is the Lord and the fullness thereof. Not only that, all authority
in heaven and on earth are His, Matthew 28:18. The fellow asking you to
occupy till He comes must be able to take care of every obstacles on
your way. He must also be able to deal with forces that may prevent you
from occupying what He has told you to occupy. Psalm 62:11 says God hath
spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth to God.
Psalm 33:8-9 says let all the earth fear the Lord, for He sake and it
was done, He command, and it stood fast. There are one or two things you
need to know. The fellow who will occupy must be ready for battle. John
16:33 says in the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world. Psalm 34:19 says many are the
afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
The fellow who will occupy must be ready to leave everything to occupy.
Matthew 16:24 says if any man will come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me. Before Elisha received the double
portion of the spirit on Elijah, he had to let go of his farm and
follow Elijah. James 4:4 says ye adulterers and adulteresses know ye not
that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. The fellow
who will occupy must be ready to spend for God and be spent by God. The
problem with most believers today is that they do not want to be spent
by God.1 Samuel 2:30 says be it far from me; for them that honor me I
will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. Proverbs
8:17 says i love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall
find me. Before Peter caught so much fish that two boats began to sink,
he spent for Jesus and was spent by Jesus
PRAYER POINT: Father, please deal with obstacles on my way to fulfilling destiny.
