Sabtu, 22 Desember 2012

ADA PENAMPAKAN DIJEMBATAN

Bagi anda yang mempunyai lemah jantung diharapkan jangan membuka postingan ini, dikarenakan grafisnya sangat lucu.. jadi dimohon jangan sampai anda jantungan karena ketawa  
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Minggu, 18 November 2012

9 Alasan Tinggalkan Blackberry


9 Alasan Tinggalkan BlackBerry



Sejak memutuskan tidak lagi menggunakan perangkat BlackBerry, saya banyak ditanya teman dekat mengenai keputusan itu. Mereka seolah-olah terpukau.
"Emang lo bisa nggak pakai BB? Yakin?"
Pertanyaan di atas bukan tanpa sebab. Penduduk kelas menengah ke atas Indonesia, khususnya Jakarta memang mayoritas menggunakan BlackBerry sebagai telepon seluler utama mereka dalam berkomunikasi satu sama lain.
Tidak lagi menggunakan BlackBerry seakan meninggalkan sebuah saluran tempat kita terhubung dengan hampir seluruh orang di lingkungan terdekat.
Namun toh setelah dua bulan tidak lagi menggunakan BlackBerry, saya masih hidup normal. Semuanya baik-baik saja.
Mengapa saya mengucapkan selamat tinggal BlackBerry? Berikut alasannya.
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Aksi Brutal Cewe Gila Ketika Diselingkuhin Cowo ..!!PARAAH

Parah gan . . .
ane lagi touring di google, asik - asik ngebuka,
nemu ini gan

 sudah pasti bisa ditentukan klw smua cowok di belahan dunia manapun
psti ingin memiliki cewek, kecuali dia :maho gan. .

tapi apa yang terpikirkan oleh kita semua jika ceweknya seperti ini gan. .
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Istana Air Tamansari Keraton Yogyakarta

Istana Air Tamansari, Yogyakarta


Lebih dari dua ratus tahun yang lalu, sebuah taman pada masa itu, yang merupakan masa yang penuh keindahan dan rahasia, berdiri sebagai lambang kejayaan Raja Mataram. Memang bukan asli arsitektur Jawa atau Nusantara. Namun keindahan ciptaan bangsa Potugis itu tetap bermakna dan menjadi simbol keajaiban budaya manusia.
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Sabtu, 17 November 2012

PAPI MENGAJARI MAMI TENTANG SKETSA UMUM DAN POKOK PIKIRAN (BERITA PERTAMA KiTAB KEJADIAN



Alkitab adalah sebuah buku yang ajaib. Yaitu "Buku" di atas segala buku. Diperlukan waktu sekitar 1600 tahun untuk menyelesaikannya, yang dimulai oleh nabi Allah yang terbesar Musa dan diakhiri oleh rasul Yohanes. Namun baru diresmikan setelah berselang 300 tahun kemudian (397 M) di sebuah rapat dewan yang diadakan di Carthage, Afrika Utara. Tak lama kemudian, Alkitab dikunci oleh Katholik. Hampir sepuluh abad lamanya, yaitu dari abad ke-6 sampai abad ke-15, Alkitab tertutup rapat. Zaman itu dalam sejarah disebut zaman kegelapan. Kegelapan menimpa umat manusia disebabkan tertutupnya Alkitab yang mengandung terang ilahi.
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Perbedaan Dulu Dan Sekarang

Silahkan dinikmati Gan...

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Cara Dapat FACEBOOK LIKE, TWITTER FOLLOWER, G +1, YOUTUBE VIEW, WEBSITE VISIT!


FACEBOOK LIKE:

1. Daftar disini: http://j.mp/buatakun

2. Masuk. (Pastikan sudah aktifasi akun lewat email).

3. Pilih minat Anda sebagai Facebook.
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Cewek-cewek Paling Cantik Ada di 8 Kota Ini

   Saat traveling ke sebuah kota, Anda akan bertemu penduduk setempat yang cantik dan tampan. Di 8 kota ini, para traveler akan menemukan wanita-wanita yang katanya paling cantik sedunia. Kota apa saja ya?

Jangankan pria, traveler wanita seringkali terperangah melihat wanita lain yang rupawan. Eits, bukannya apa-apa, ciri khas seperti inilah yang menambah pengalaman Anda saat traveling. Tiap kota punya karakteristik penduduk masing-masing. Dari warna kulit, bentuk mata, sampai perilaku dominan.

Dari situs Travelers Today yang dikutip detikTravel, Kamis (8/11/2012), ada 8 kota yang punya penduduk wanita paling cantik di dunia. Berteman dengan mereka, tentu saja bisa!
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Kendaraan yang Paling Ditakuti Cewek Matre

Inilah Motor-motor yang paling ditakuti cewek matre versi apasih.com, jika kamu salah satu orang memiliki motor-motor ini jangan harap bisa menggaet cew matre.. Mau taruhan? jangkankan bisa ngebonceng, mereka (cewek matre) liat kamu bawa motor seperti ini saja udah kabur duluan.. ha ha ha...
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21 Trik Keyboard di Windows 7

Oh ya, Trik ini akan berguna jika kita dalam situasi sibuk dan terlalu malas untuk menggunakan mouse. Dan bukan hanya itu, trik ini juga dapat agan jadikan untuk mengerjai teman kantor  Tapi mungkin ada beberapa shortcut yang tidak dapat dijalankan. hal ini biasanya bersangkutan dengan hardware dari komputer agan. tapi untungnnya semua trik ini bisa ane jalankan di PC ane sndiri.

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Minggu, 26 Agustus 2012

Aplikasi - Aplikasi BlackBerry

Nih ane mau bagi bagi applikasi BlackBerry Dari A - Z 
Ane harap ga  dan sorry kalau 

Langsung aja ya gan
Spoiler for A: 
AddOnis OS 4.5+ : http://goo.gl/bFojC
AddOnis OS 5.0+ : http://go.ibnux.net/9vu
Advance Auto Lock : http://go.ibnux.net/9vv
Aerize Alerts]Aerize Alerts : http://go.ibnux.net/9vw
Aerize Card Loader : http://go.ibnux.net/9vx
Aerize Explorer : http://go.ibnux.net/9vz
Aerize Optimizer : http://go.ibnux.net/9w0
Aerize WifiX : http://go.ibnux.net/9w2
Auto Lock Keyboard When Backlight Screen Off : http://go.ibnux.net/9w3
Anti Gnat v.1.0 (Aplikasi Anti Nyamuk) : http://go.ibnux.net/9w5
Anti Mosquito Plus (Recommended) : http://go.ibnux.net/9w6
AppClock 1.0.2 : http://go.ibnux.net/9w7

Spoiler for B: 

Ballz 1.0.3 : http://goo.gl/gIBqZ
Battery Booster : http://goo.gl/j96oW
Battery Info : http://goo.gl/V19cs
BBExtra 1.0.5 : http://goo.gl/rOjuU
BB NotePad : http://go.ibnux.net/9wc
bbPTable 1.0 : http://go.ibnux.net/9wd
bbPTable 1.0 (Storm) : http://go.ibnux.net/9we
Berry Buzz v2: http://go.ibnux.net/23n
Berry Joose 1.17 : http://go.ibnux.net/9wf
Berry Locator : http://go.ibnux.net/9wg
Berry Pop Up : http://go.ibnux.net/9wh
Berry Scroll (For Storm Only) : http://go.ibnux.net/9wi
Berry Silent : http://go.ibnux.net/9wj
Berry Unit Converter : http://is.gd/sve8Kk
Berry Weather (OS 4.2-4.6) : http://is.gd/09cnlg
Berry Weather (OS 4.7-6.0+) : http://is.gd/BCU0gq
BlackBook 2.0 : http://is.gd/R2B1OD
Blackberry Protect for OS 5 : http://is.gd/unEfyH
Blink 6.31 : http://tiny*url.com/3gapd8o
Boo! (Scare App) : http://is.gd/oDqqzW
bQuiet 1.1.2 : http://is.gd/zySdjo
bQuiet 1.1.2 (OS 4.2-4.6) : http://is.gd/sMqIcA
Buku Harian for bb : http://goo.gl/qYT4Y
Buzz Off 2.1 (OS4.3-4.6) : http://bit.ly/naGYMV
Buzz Off 2.1 (OS 4.7-6.0) : http://pendek.in/flk

Spoiler for C: 
Calender App Icon 1.0.3 : http://is.gd/7xlZT0
Call Notes : http://pendek.in/fll
Call Tools 3.0 : http://pendek.in/flm
Camera Mute : http://bit.ly/h3mq5K
Camera to Go 0.3 : http://is.gd/AKqDqa
ControlBBanel : http://pendek.in/04srk

Spoiler for D: 
Daily Horoscope : http://is.gd/vNLrRI
Data Backup : http://go.ibnux.net/9wz
Data Monitor for Blackberry : http://go.ibnux.net/9x0
Dictionary : http://go.ibnux.net/9wy
DIPCalc 1.0.1(Bold 9000) : http://goo.gl/04OKH
DIPCalc 1.0.1 (Storm) : http://go.ibnux.net/9wx
Doc 2 Go v.3.0.0.21 (OS 6 Only) : http://tiny*url.com/3nuc4ed

Spoiler for E: 
Easy Smiley 1.4.3 : http://goo.gl/J010z
eofficeMobileDataAlerter : http://go.ibnux.net/9ww

Spoiler for F: 
Face Rate 1.0 : http://tiny*url.com/3b7o5wh
Face Rate 1.0 (Touch Screen) : http://pendek.in/fls
Fake Call 2.0(83xx,85xx,88xx) : http://go.ibnux.net/9wr
Fake Call 2.0 (9000) : http://go.ibnux.net/9wr
Fake Call 2.0 (8900, 96xx, 97xx) : http://go.ibnux.net/9ws
Fake Call 2.0 (Pearl 91xx) : http://go.ibnux.net/9wq
Fake Call 2.0 (Storm) : http://goo.gl/bJTkL
Fancy Char 2.x : http://bit.ly/pmXwzD
Fix SOS : http://bit.ly/naQXqm
FourSquare 1.9.62 OS5 : http://goo.gl/MtfJk
FourSquare 1.9.62 OS6 : http://goo.gl/NmHpT
Freddy Jump Game 1.0(OS 4.5-4.6) http://bit.ly/n3o1kJ
Freddy Jump Game 1.0(OS 4.7-6.0) :http://go.ibnux.net/9wn

Spoiler for G: 
Ghost Radar : http://bit.ly/oEPuVu
Go Fish 1.0.2 : http://go.ibnux.net/9wm
Google Mobile OS 6.0 : http://is.gd/IzDmBm

Spoiler for I: 
I am Here 1.0 : http://bit.ly/rrDkcQ
iCalender 1.2 : http://is.gd/8BwDR1
ImgEdit : http://bit.ly/pP0ydd
InfoBox 1.0 : http://is.gd/EvKPYZ
Insert Number (OS 4.5-4.6) : http://go.ibnux.net/9wt
Insert Number (OS 4.7-5.0) : http://go.ibnux.net/9wu

Spoiler for K: 
KamaSutra 1.0.2 (With Animation) :http://go.ibnux.net/9wl
KamaSutra 1.0.2 (Without Animation) :http://goo.gl/1XC0l
Kool Sounds 2.0 : http://pendek.in/flq

Spoiler for L: 
LocationProfiler 1.1 : http://go.ibnux.net/9x1
LocationProfiler 1.1 (OS4.2-4.6) : http://go.ibnux.net/9x3
Lock Apps : http://go.ibnux.net/9x2
Lucky7Slots 1.0.2 (Bold 9700, Curve 8900 and Tour): http://go.ibnux.net/9x4
Lucky7Slots 1.0.2 (Storm) : http://go.ibnux.net/9x5

Spoiler for M: 
Magic Icon 1.1 : http://go.ibnux.net/9x6
mblVault 1.0.1 : http://goo.gl/U6tyL
MemoryBooster4.0.22 : http://go.ibnux.net/9x7
MeterBerry 2.5 : http://tiny*url.com/3vzftq9
MobiReader for bb : http://is.gd/sVVweA
My Call Logs 3.0.1 : http://is.gd/wZb2Nt
My Secret Diary : http://go.ibnux.net/9x8
My Stocks 1.0.8 : http://bit.ly/qAZcAu
My Times : http://is.gd/67mUXL

Spoiler for N: 
Not Now : http://go.ibnux.net/9x9
Nux Downloader for bb : http://go.ibnux.net/9xa

Spoiler for P: 
PhoneyFart 1.2.4 : http://is.gd/Pg8njn
Picture Dialer 1.1 (87xx, 88xx, Pearl,Curve, Bold) : http://go.ibnux.net/9xb
Picture Dialer 1.1 (8900 - Storm) : http://is.gd/wCMLqN
Picture Dial 2.0 : http://bit.ly/o4rPA0
Picture Dial 2.0 (Storm) : http://tiny*url.com/3kln4xs
Picture Dial 3.0 : http://is.gd/Q8TtLm
PictureID 2.3.6 : http://bit.ly/o3KTnV
PictureID 2.3.6 (OS 4.2-4.6) : http://is.gd/faXVXY
PictureID 3.1 : http://go.ibnux.net/9xc
Pix Trix : http://go.ibnux.net/9xd
Police Sirene : http://bit.ly/pg2srZ
Profiler Pro 1.0 (OS 4.2-2.5) : http://bit.ly/qfH2dP
ProfilerPro 1.0 (OS4.6 Bold, Curve 8900) :http://go.ibnux.net/9xe
ProfilerPro 1.0 (OS4.7, Storm, Tour and OS5) : http://is.gd/8GWLLm

Spoiler for Q: 
Quick Launch 81xx : http://go.ibnux.net/9xf
Quick Launch 83xx : http://go.ibnux.net/ns
Quick Launch 95xx : http://go.ibnux.net/9xg
Quick Launch 96xx : http://is.gd/g9UvjO
QuickLaunch 8900 OS 4.6 : http://is.gd/bYtqIf
QuickLaunch 8900 OS 5.0 : http://goo.gl/eSq2X
QuickLaunch 9000 OS 5.0 : http://is.gd/v5pHq2
QuickLaunch 9700 OS 5.0-6.0 : http://go.ibnux.net/9xh
Quick Pull v.4 : http://go.ibnux.net/9xi
Quran Reader Pro : http://is.gd/AG4iRb

Spoiler for R: 
Rename Icon : http://is.gd/p3VvqN
Restart Net : http://is.gd/W2BzWh
Restart Me : http://is.gd/U1tGR2

Spoiler for S: 

SafeBox : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/SafeBox/safebox.jad
ScreenX Forest 1.36 : http://dl.dropbox.com/
u/22524124/ScreenX%20-%20Forest%201.36/ScreenX.jad
Send It 1.02 : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/Sen...0.2/SendIt.jad
Shake It Up (Storm) : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/Sha.../ShakeItUp.jad
Shortcut Manager : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/Sho...cutManager.jad
Signal Booster : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/Sig...nalBooster.jad
SMart Alerts : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/Sma...martAlerts.jad
SMS Counter 1.2 : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/SMS...SMSCounter.jad
SMS Pic 1.1 : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/SMS...1.1/SMSPic.jad
Start Up tones : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/Sta...artUpTones.jad
SuperPower 1.2 (OS 4.2-4.6) : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/Sup...SuperPower.jad
SysInfo (Storm) : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/sys...29/sysInfo.jad


Spoiler for U: 
Ultimate Lock v1.1 : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22524124/Ult...timateLock.jad



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Jumat, 18 Mei 2012

ga lajang deh


Ga Lajang Deh Slideshow: Dimas’s trip from Jakarta, Jawa, Indonesia to 4 cities Kokap, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (near Yogyakarta), Dakar, Senegal (near Dakar, Senegal), Sidikalang, Sumatera Utara (near Berastagi, Sumatra) and Siantar, Sumatera Utara (near Pematang Siantar) was created by TripAdvisor. See another Indonesia slideshow. Create your own stunning slideshow with our free photo slideshow maker.
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Ga Lajang Deh Slideshow Slideshow

Ga Lajang Deh Slideshow Slideshow: TripAdvisor™ TripWow ★ Ga Lajang Deh Slideshow Slideshow ★ untuk Sidikalang, Sumatera Utara (near Berastagi), Dakar, Senegal (near Dakar), Tangerang and Indonesia (near Jakarta). Slideshow perjalanan gratis yang menakjubkan di TripAdvisor
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Rabu, 25 April 2012

Abraham—Called by God: HAVING NATURAL WEAKNESS AS ABRAHAM AND LIVING IN THE NATURAL LIFE AS JACOB


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HAVING NATURAL WEAKNESS AS ABRAHAM AND LIVING IN THE NATURAL LIFE AS JACOB

Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister.…

Genesis 20:1-2

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister…

Genesis 26:6-7

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 25:27-28

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children…. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him.

Genesis 37:3-4

In the past two messages concerning Isaac, we have seen that he was the heir of grace and that he rested and enjoyed throughout his entire life. Now we must see that with this grace-enjoying person there were still the natural weakness and the natural life. It is difficult for us to understand this point. According to our natural, religious concept, we always think that if we are natural, we cannot have the enjoyment of grace. According to our religious concept, the enjoyment of grace depends upon how spiritual we are. In our teachings and exhortations, especially to our relatives and children, we say that in order to enjoy the grace of God we must be good, and that if we are not good, we are through with God’s grace. Probably none of us has ever thought that participating in the grace of God does not depend upon our being spiritual. On the contrary, we all have thought that we must be spiritual in order to enjoy the grace of God.
Isaac was a model, a pattern, of the enjoyment of God’s grace. In the whole Bible there is hardly another person who enjoyed grace as much as Isaac did. Throughout his entire life Isaac did nothing except enjoy the grace of God. His life was a grace-enjoying life. Nevertheless, in Isaac we see exactly the same natural weakness as we saw in Abraham. Furthermore, in Isaac we also see the natural life of Jacob. Like Jacob, Isaac lived in a natural way. Jacob loved his son Joseph according to his natural taste (37:3-4), and this caused trouble in the family. Joseph’s brothers hated him because of his father’s partial love for him. Isaac also loved Esau partially, loving him because he was a skillful hunter and could obtain the venison which Isaac loved (25:27-28). Thus, Esau was a father’s boy. By this we see that Isaac and Jacob were the same as far as the natural life is concerned.
If you say that Isaac did not cheat anyone, I would point out that his wife Rebekah was his cheating helper. In a sense, Isaac differed from Jacob in the matter of supplanting, but this gap was filled by Rebekah. Every wife is a part of her husband; she is her husband’s completion and perfection. Without Rebekah, Isaac probably would not have been an expert at cheating. But with Rebekah, he certainly became the same as Jacob. Jacob learned how to supplant from his supplanting mother, and his supplanting mother was the supplanting completion to his father Isaac. Therefore, in Isaac we see the natural life of Jacob.
Isaac was a grace-enjoying person. According to our natural concept, a person who has a natural weakness and who lives in the natural life can never enjoy the grace of God. This is our concept; it is not God’s word. In the Bible, we cannot see that Isaac was very spiritual. He was a man who still had a natural weakness and who still lived in the natural life. Why then did he have such an enjoyment of God’s grace? Simply because God had ordained it that way. With us Christians, there is the aspect of God’s ordination. As we have already pointed out, it is our destiny to enjoy the grace of God. This destiny was preordained before the foundation of the world. Do not think that if you are spiritual, you are privileged to enjoy God’s grace and that if you are not spiritual, you cannot enjoy His grace. This is a religious concept, and the Bible does not teach this. After hearing that enjoying grace does not depend upon our being spiritual, some may say, “If we don’t need to be spiritual to enjoy God’s grace, then let us be unspiritual.” Do not say this. Neither being spiritual nor being unspiritual will help us to enjoy God’s grace. It is entirely a matter of God’s ordination, and it does not depend on what we are nor on what we can do. With us, there is the aspect of Isaac. We have been ordained by God to the enjoyment of grace. If we are spiritual, we shall not enjoy grace more, and if we are unspiritual we shall not miss the grace of God. But we should not say, “Let us do evil that good may come.” Do not waste your time trying to be spiritual or trying to be unspiritual. Simply say, “O Lord, I worship You for Your ordination. You have ordained me to the enjoyment of grace.” At the least, we all are a part of Isaac. In our being there is the aspect of having been ordained by God to the enjoyment of His grace.





When do you enjoy grace more—when you feel that you are spiritual and good in the eyes of God, or when you are down and feel that you are absolutely unworthy? I have enjoyed grace the most when I have been down. But we should not say, “Let us be down that we may enjoy grace the most.” If you try to do this, it will not work. Again I say that it does not depend upon us but upon God’s ordination. I hope that my word will encourage you neither to be spiritual nor to be unspiritual. Rather, I hope that it will encourage you to be nothing. But do not try to be nothing, for your trying is still something. If you could say, “I’ll go home and forget everything,” that would be wonderful.
In the record of Isaac’s life we see a person who enjoyed God’s grace in every way. Do you believe that a man who had such an enjoyment of God’s grace could still have the natural weakness of lying in a substantial way? He lied in the way of sacrificing his wife. Perhaps we would say, “If I were such a person, I would never lie in that way.” Do not say this. We may enjoy even more grace and then lie more substantially than Isaac did.
Consider your experience. Although you have never lied in sacrificing your wife, you have lied substantially to your wife. In my early years, I was much affected by religious concepts, believing that Christians, especially the so-called spiritual Christians, would never lie. Eventually, I discovered that Christians, including the so-called spiritual ones, also lie. Not only the worldly people lie; the Christians and the spiritual people also lie. This is the condition of the fallen race. What then shall we do? We should not do anything. God has selected us out of this fallen race, and His ordination has come to us. This does not mean that when we behave ourselves or become spiritual in the eyes of God, we shall then receive more grace. Although Isaac never tried to behave himself or to be spiritual, he continually enjoyed grace. I do not encourage you to be religious or to be unreligious. I do not encourage you to be anything, for the enjoyment of God’s grace does not depend upon our being spiritual.
Isaac wanted to bless his son Esau. However, he mixed the blessing with his natural taste. In 27:3 and 4, Isaac said to Esau, “Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.” Isaac seemed to be saying, “Esau, before I die, I would like to eat venison one more time. If you get some venison for me, then I shall bless you.” Here we see that Isaac mixed up God’s blessing with his natural taste. Although we may wonder how such a person could bless others, Isaac did bless.
Isaac, who was not religious like we are, was not conscious of being unspiritual. Suppose you are a father who wants to give a blessing to one of his sons. I believe that you would be very cautious and alert, praying, fasting, and daring not to speak in the flesh nor according to your natural taste. If you were a Chinese brother, you certainly would not say to the son whom you are about to bless, “Son, go to Chinatown and get some Chinese food for me and then I’ll bless you.” No Chinese brother would dare to do this, because we are all so religiously conscious of being spiritual. We all would say, “Now that I am about to bless my son I must be with the Lord and not have my natural taste.” Isaac, however, was bold, telling Esau, “Before I die I would like to eat venison once more. Get me the venison that I love and I’ll bless you.” Isaac was honest, saying, “My soul may bless thee” (27:4). What a mixture! Isaac, who continually enjoyed the grace of God, blessed blindly. But he blessed in faith, and his blessing was honored by God (Heb. 11:20).
When I read this portion of the Word as a young man, I was unable to understand how there could be so much mixture here. I said, “Isaac, what are you doing? If you want to eat venison, then don’t talk about blessing. You shouldn’t mix your natural taste with God’s blessing. How can God honor a blessing that is mixed with your natural taste?” When Isaac plainly told Esau that if he would prepare venison for him he would bless him, he was not conscious of being religious. He was altogether outside of religion. There was no religion in his concept. If we had been there, we would have said, “Isaac, don’t talk this way. If you want to have your natural taste, don’t talk about God’s blessing. God will never honor your blessing. Isaac, you are absolutely wrong.” But Isaac would have said, “What are you talking about? I have never heard such religious talk. I don’t have this concept. I have no religious consciousness whatsoever. I only know two things—that I want to satisfy my taste and that I want to bless my son. After I eat some meat, I shall bless my son. I don’t know what it means to be spiritual or religious. I only know that I am the father, that he is my son, and that the greater always blesses the lesser.” When I was young, I was much troubled about this, being unable to understand how Isaac, who enjoyed so much of God’s grace, could still have the same natural weakness as Abraham and the same natural life as Jacob.
We need to see two points very clearly. Firstly, grace is not based upon what we are. Whether we are good or bad, spiritual or unspiritual, means nothing. Because God has ordained us to be the object of His grace, grace comes to us, and we cannot reject it. Secondly, as we have mentioned several times, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are not three separate persons in the experience of life but represent three aspects of the experience of one complete person. This is why in Isaac we can see both Abraham and Jacob. Isaac had the natural weakness of Abraham and the natural life of Jacob.





HAVING NATURAL WEAKNESS AS ABRAHAM

As we have seen, Isaac had the same natural weakness as Abraham (cf. 20:1-2, 11-13). Do you not have a natural weakness? Even the most spiritually conscious person has some natural weakness. What kind of weakness do you have? Although we all have some natural weakness, none of us can designate it. We know that we have such a weakness, but we do not know what it is. If you are certain that a particular matter is your natural weakness, that is not your weakness. Before Isaac was exposed in chapter twenty-six, he probably never realized that his natural weakness was the same as Abraham’s. He might have thought that his weakness was one of many other things. But one day he went southward and his natural weakness was exposed.
By ourselves we can never know our natural weakness; it must be exposed. None of us is able to understand his own weakness. You yourself may not know your own natural weakness, but it is clear to everyone else because it has been exposed to them. Whoever would stay with you for a time would see your natural weakness. According to your religious concept, if you have some natural weakness, you should be through with grace. But God’s grace is still with you. In the early days I also had this thought. But I have learned that grace does not depend upon what we are. Every object of divine grace has a weak point. Do not think that the Apostle Paul had no weakness. Peter, John, and Paul all had their weaknesses, but their weak points did not frustrate them from enjoying God’s grace. Every one of us has his natural weakness. There has been only one person in history who had no natural weakness—Jesus Christ.
I am not encouraging you to be either spiritual or unspiritual, but I am encouraging you to be bold in the enjoyment of grace. Do not be deprived of the enjoyment of grace by your religious concept. Drop your concept and praise the Lord that you are the object of divine grace. Although we are unable to designate our natural weakness, we do know that we have some. Others, such as our wife, husband, or roommates, know what our weakness is. While others know, it is difficult for us to know. Some of us may not know our natural weakness until we see the Lord face to face. Praise the Lord that we are blind to our natural weakness. If we were not blind to our weakness, we would be frustrated from enjoying grace. While I am not encouraging you to keep your natural weakness, I am saying that it is good that we are unaware of it. When we are conscious of a certain weakness, our religious concepts frustrate us from the enjoyment of grace. But when we do not know our weakness, we only know to enjoy the grace of the Lord. In Genesis 26, Isaac’s natural weakness was suddenly exposed. That exposure, however, did not frustrate him from the enjoyment of God’s grace. In other words, the exposure of Isaac’s natural weakness did not hinder him from trusting in God.
Isaac, leaving Beer-sheba, journeyed downward, southward, not to Egypt but to a place close to Egypt (26:1-2). God’s intention was that His chosen people stay in the good land. Whenever the natural weakness of His people arose, they always went downward. We cannot find one instance in which God’s people went upward, northward, when they were weak. The worst thing to do was to go downward to Egypt. This is what Abraham did (12:10). The second time Abraham went southward he only went as far as Philistia, the land of the Philistines (20:1). As Isaac, who was repeating Abraham’s downward story, was going southward, God intervened and warned him, saying, “Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of” (26:2). Isaac’s intention might have been to go down into Egypt, but God commanded him to dwell in the land of which He would tell him. Although Isaac did not stay in exactly the right place, he still had peace in enjoying God’s grace. He was absolutely unconscious of being religious. How good it is to have no sense of being religious! However, once the enemy has injected something into our knowledge, it is very difficult to extract it. My burden in this message is to tell you that the enjoyment of God’s grace does not depend upon our being religious. In Isaac we see a person who was not at all religious; yet he enjoyed the grace of God all the time.
Isaac not only did not stay in the right place; he also lied at the sacrifice of his wife (26:6-7) just as Abraham did. However, he and his wife were preserved by God’s sovereign care (26:8-11). It was God’s grace that kept him from the sacrifice of his wife.





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Abraham—Called by God: RESTING AND ENJOYING


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RESTING AND ENJOYING

Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

Genesis 24:63-64

And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.

Genesis 25:11

Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife.… And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.… And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

Genesis 25:20-21, 24

And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake. And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

Genesis 26:24-25

We thank the Lord that in the Old Testament He has given us a wonderful and clear picture of the experience of life. In the New Testament we have the revelation of the experience of life, but we do not have as clear a picture of it as we have in the Old Testament. We are all familiar with the proverb which says that a picture is better than a thousand words. Although we have spent many years considering the experience of life as revealed in the New Testament, we cannot be certain about it only by the words in the New Testament. We also need the pictures in the Old Testament. By the Lord’s mercy, we have seen through the years that all the stories in the Old Testament depict the various aspects of the experience of life. Deep within, I feel that the Lord has shown us the full picture and has enabled us to understand its real significance.
As we have already pointed out, there are three aspects to every Christian’s experience of life—the aspect of Abraham, the aspect of Isaac, and the aspect of Jacob. If we did not have this clear view, we would only consider Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as three separate individuals. But, after receiving the revelation and understanding it in the light of the New Testament, we realize that these three men are not three separate individuals, but three aspects of one complete person in the experience of life. Some, finding it difficult to believe that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent three aspects of one complete person, may say, “How can you say that Abraham is not a complete person? Abraham is just Abraham, and the same is true for both Isaac and Jacob.” If you do not believe that these three people are three aspects of the complete experience of one person, I would ask you this question: Can you see God’s selection in Abraham? The first item in our experience of God is His selection, His choice, which was made before the foundation of the world. We see this clearly in the New Testament (Eph. 1:4), but we cannot see it in the experience of Abraham. Thus, as far as God’s selection is concerned, Abraham needs someone else to perfect him. The selection which we cannot find in Abraham’s life is revealed in Jacob’s. In addition to being selected, we Christians are also called. In Isaac we see neither selection nor calling. Hence, in himself, Isaac is not complete. Isaac’s calling is in Abraham just as Abraham’s selection is in Jacob. By these two examples we should all be convinced that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob depict three aspects of one complete person in the experience of life. In a sense, we are all Abrahams, for we have been called and have learned to live by faith in God and in fellowship with Him. Since we have also been put into the position of grace, we are also Isaacs. As we shall see in later messages, we are Jacobs as well.
The aspect of Isaac unfolds the matter of grace. We have not only been called and have learned to live by faith in God and in fellowship with Him, but we are daily enjoying something of God. If we do not have any enjoyment in our Christian life, we will not be able to live the Christian life. Rather, we would be very miserable. Praise the Lord that we not only have the aspect of Abraham but also the aspect of Isaac, which is the aspect of grace. Grace simply means the enjoyment of God. It is God Himself becoming our enjoyment in our spirit. Many times we have difficulties which trouble us mentally and emotionally. Nevertheless, while we are suffering in our mind and emotion, there is a sweet sense deep within our spirit. It seems that if we did not have this suffering, we would not have this enjoyment. The Christian suffering brings us the Christian enjoyment. From the moment we called on the name of the Lord Jesus and received Him as our Savior, we began to have these two aspects in our experience. Perhaps the very night you received the Lord Jesus your wife gave you a difficult time, disagreeing with your becoming a Christian and calling it silly. She immediately began to persecute you, and you suffered in your mind, emotion, and senses. But while you were suffering, deep within you sensed something sweet which caused you to be happy. Thus, even at the beginning of your Christian life you had both the aspect of suffering, which is the aspect of Abraham, and the aspect of enjoyment, which is the aspect of Isaac.
In the previous message we saw that Isaac inherited grace. With him, everything was a matter of grace. He was born in grace, was grown up in grace, and was made an heir of grace. In this message we need to see that with Isaac there was also the matter of enjoyment. His life was a resting and enjoying life. The record of Isaac’s life does not indicate that he suffered much. Rather, it reveals that he was always resting. This is proved by his meditating in the field (24:63). Could Isaac have meditated if he had not been quiet and restful? No. In order to meditate we must be restful. Whenever we are troubled, we are unable to rest. Isaac was always resting. In Genesis 24, he had lost his mother, did not have a wife, and his servant had gone away from him. Yet, he was not troubled. He went to the field to meditate, not to cry out to the Lord. He did not say, “O Lord, what should I do? I have lost my mother, I do not have a wife, and my servant has gone away. Lord, have mercy upon me!” Isaac did not cry out in that way. Instead, he meditated.
Although we cannot find the word resting in the record of Isaac’s life, the fact is there nonetheless. Isaac was a very restful person. In spite of the troubles he encountered with the Philistines over the wells, he was always at rest. Although Isaac faced some troubles, he himself was not troubled. While the Philistines were contending for the wells, he remained restful. Isaac seemed to be saying, “If you don’t want me to stay here at this well, then I’ll go elsewhere. When you come to bother me there, I’ll go to still another place.” By this we see that Isaac was truly a restful person. Are you always restful? Consider your experience during the past twenty-four hours. Did anything bother you and cause you to lose your rest? Most of us would have to admit that we have been troubled. This shows that although we are Isaacs, we are not always resting. Recently I was doing some difficult and exhausting work on the book of Revelation. But I can praise the Lord that as I was working, I was very restful and I could say, “I have nothing and I can do nothing. There is no need for me to do anything, because the Lord is doing it all.” We all need to be restful people.
Isaac was not only resting; he was also enjoying. His entire life was a life of enjoyment. When he was old, he still had the taste for “savoury meat” and asked Esau to go out to the field and prepare him the meat which he loved (27:1-4). When Rebekah heard this, she called Jacob to fetch her two kids of the goats that she might prepare the meat for Isaac (27:5-10). Eventually, after both Jacob and Esau had come with meat for their father, Isaac got a double portion. Esau, Rebekah, and Jacob were busy, but Isaac just sat there enjoying the meat. By this we see that Isaac was an enjoying person, always enjoying the provision of grace. This enjoyment was his destiny.
Enjoyment is also our destiny. Young brothers, do not worry about finding a wife. If you remain restful and full of enjoyment, the best wife will come to you. In our Christian life there is the aspect of enjoyment. I have been striving since I was twelve years of age. Now, after almost sixty years, I can testify that many times my striving has frustrated the coming of the enjoyment. If I had not striven, the enjoyment would have come much earlier and in a richer way. Why does striving frustrate the enjoyment? Because enjoyment is our destiny. We all have been predestinated for it. Young brothers, forget about your striving. Simply go home, pray, praise, and sleep. The next morning rise up, have a good morning watch, and eat a hearty breakfast. Do not worry about finding a wife. Rebekah will come to you. This is the enjoyment which is our destiny. Are we not the sons of God? How can the sons of God be pitiful people? We must declare, “Praise the Lord that I am a son of God! The almighty, all-sufficient God is my Father!” The word father denotes a rich provision. As long as we have a rich father, we have the provision and have no need to worry. We should simply enjoy this bountiful provision. This is our destiny.





LIVING IN BEER-LAHAI-ROI

Although enjoyment is our destiny, we must still take care of the place where we have the enjoyment. Let us consider the names of the places where Isaac had enjoyment. Firstly, we have Beer-lahai-roi, which means “the well of the living One who sees me” or “the One who reveals Himself” (24:62; 25:11). At Beer-lahai-roi God visits us and reveals Himself to us. Secondly, Isaac had some enjoyment at the well named Esek, which means contention. Esek was a place of contention, fighting, and quarreling. The third place was Sitnah (26:21). Sitnah means enmity, hatred, or opposition. The fourth place was called Rehoboth. Rehoboth has a positive meaning—“broad places” or “broad ways.” The last place was called Sheba, which means an oath (26:22-33). Hence, Beer-sheba means the well of an oath. Isaac enjoyed grace at each of these five places.
Before we consider the significance of these places, we must see where Isaac was grown up. He was grown up in Beer-sheba beside the well and the tamarisk tree. Before he was married, he left Beer-sheba and went to the south country (24:62). As we have seen, in the Bible to go southward means to go downward. I do not believe that Abraham left Beer-sheba or Hebron when Isaac did. He remained either in Beer-sheba or in Hebron. After his mother had died and his servant had left, Isaac went downward to the south country. Then he returned. The King James Version says, he “came from the way of Lahai-roi.” In Hebrew, it says he “came from going to Lahai-roi,” meaning that he returned from Lahai-roi. As he returned from going to Lahai-roi, he gained a wife. If he had stayed in Lahai-roi, not returning to Beer-sheba or Hebron, he would have missed that meeting with Rebekah. When he came back from going to Lahai-roi, Rebekah came. Abraham’s servant did not know that Isaac had left the place where Abraham was. It was of the Lord that Isaac return from his downward way. He returned because he was destined for the enjoyment.
We all have had similar experiences. After going downward, we suddenly said, “Oh, I must go back.” The time of our return was the exact time that Rebekah came. I have experienced this a number of times. I have gone downward and then suddenly said to myself, “I must go back.” As soon as I returned, the enjoyment came.
As soon as Isaac had returned from going away, the enjoyment came. By coming back to the proper standing, he obtained a wife. However, after his marriage, he and his wife journeyed southward again. Genesis 25:11 says that after the death of Abraham, Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. As a result of going downward, he found himself at enmity with the Philistines.
We need to see a clear picture of Isaac’s record. He did not go downward as far as Egypt. He went southward to Philistia, to the land of the Philistines. According to the record in Genesis, God’s people have difficulties whenever they go southward. Abraham had trouble in Egypt and in the land of the Philistines. His son Isaac also had trouble when he went to Philistia, for he had contention and enmity with the Philistines. Although he enjoyed the broad ways, the widening, at Rehoboth, he did not have the Lord’s appearing there. In Lahai-roi, Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth there was no appearing of the Lord. The Lord did not appear to Isaac until he went up to Beer-sheba. The very night that Isaac went up from Rehoboth to Beer-sheba the Lord appeared unto him (26:23-24).
Here we must see a crucial point, a point about which many Christians are not clear. As Christians, we are destined for some enjoyment. Wherever we are and whether or not we are right or wrong, we have been destined for enjoyment. Even when Isaac went downward to Lahai-roi, he still enjoyed a well, the well of the living One who sees us and reveals Himself to us. Some might say, “This is wonderful. As long as I have the living One and He sees me and reveals Himself to me, that is good enough.” In reading the Bible, however, we must keep the principle of the first mention. Lahai-roi, which is first mentioned in 16:14, was the place where Hagar went after fleeing from Sarah. Since Sarah represents grace, Hagar’s fleeing from her meant that she had left the standing of grace. In the wilderness, in a place of suffering, God visited her. Hence, Lahai-roi was a place where one who had left the standing of grace could still have some enjoyment of God’s visitation.
In the past we might have questioned whether our standing was right, feeling that we were somewhat removed from the standing of grace. Although we had this doubt within us, we still had some enjoyment and we comforted ourselves, saying, “If I were wrong, I would not have this enjoyment. But here I have the well of the living One who visits me. Since I have such an enjoyment, this place must be all right.” But it is not all right. On the one hand, we are destined for enjoyment, and wherever we are we shall have some measure of it. On the other hand, we may have this enjoyment on the wrong standing, not in the place where Abraham planted the tamarisk tree, but in the place where Hagar escaped from grace. Lahai-roi was the place of one who had escaped from grace but who still enjoyed something of God’s visitation. Nearly all of us have had this experience. We doubted our position, but we still had some enjoyment and felt confirmed by it. Do not take this enjoyment as a confirmation. Although the enjoyment is our destiny, we may have it on an improper ground, at Beer-lahai-roi, not at Beer-sheba.
A well signifies enjoyment and satisfaction. Throughout his entire life, Isaac never suffered thirst. Wherever he went, to a wrong place or to a right one, there was a well. His life was marked with a well. Some may argue with us, saying, “You say that I am wrong in my position, in my standing. Why then do I have a well here?” Your enjoyment of a well does not justify your standing, for the enjoyment is your destiny. In the past, many of us held the religious concept that if we are wrong, God will give us up and we shall not have any more enjoyment. But however wrong we may be, we are still children of our Father, and He will never give us up. I may be the most naughty child, but each day I continue to enjoy my father’s provision. This enjoyment is our destiny, our portion.
When some hear that Isaac had a well wherever he went, they may think that, since this enjoyment is also their destiny, they may go wherever they want. Do not think like this. You may have a well for your enjoyment, but you will miss the Lord’s appearing and be unable to fulfill God’s eternal purpose. Later we shall see that God’s purpose can never be fulfilled in Lahai-roi, Esek, Sitnah, or even in Rehoboth. It can only be fulfilled in Beer-sheba, and we must remain there. If we do, we shall experience the Lord’s appearing and have the ground to inherit the promises to fulfill God’s eternal purpose. Although we may have wells, even “a well of living water” (26:19, Heb.), in other places, those wells cannot enable us to fulfill God’s eternal purpose. His purpose can only be fulfilled at the well near the tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba.
Although Isaac had some enjoyment at every place where there was a well, God was not satisfied and used the environment to force Isaac to return to Beer-sheba. God seemed to say, “Isaac, you are settled, but you are not settled in the right place. I shall stir up contention that will force you to go back to Beer-sheba.” Isaac had been going down, but God used the circumstances to force him to come up from Beer-lahai-roi to Beer-sheba. Since Isaac did not have the heart to return, God had to force him to return to His place.
Some Christian teachers have encouraged the believers to follow the example of Isaac and not to strive with others. According to this teaching, when we dig a well and others take it, we should simply tolerate it and give it to them. If we go to another place and dig another well and others take it over, we should not fight for it but go to still another place. Eventually, we shall come to the third place, the place of broad ways. But this teaching does not see God’s purpose, which was to bring Isaac back to Beer-sheba, the place where God appeared to him. At Beer-sheba, after the Lord’s appearing, Isaac built an altar, called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent (26:24, 25). Isaac did not build an altar in any other place. The Lord’s appearing with His promise and the testimony were all at Beer-sheba. Only at this place did Isaac receive the promise for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose. He did not receive it at Beer-lahai-roi, the place of the living One who sees and reveals Himself; nor at Esek, the well of contention; nor at Sitnah, the well of enmity; nor even at Rehoboth, the well of the broad ways. Although Isaac had the enjoyment everywhere, he only had the Lord’s appearing (which is different from God’s mere visitation) in Beer-sheba. Only in the unique place, in Beer-sheba, could he inherit the promise and have a life of testimony for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. It is only at Beer-sheba, the well of the oath, that we can have the Lord’s appearing, inherit the promise, build an altar, call upon the name of the Lord, and pitch a tent as a testimony. Here and only here can we fulfill God’s eternal purpose.
The enjoyment which we may have everywhere because it is our destiny is not a confirmation or a justification of our standing. The correctness of our standing can only be determined by the Lord’s appearing, not merely by the enjoyment. In many places we have had the enjoyment, but when we were there, we had the deep sense that we did not have the Lord’s appearing. Moreover, in those places we did not have an altar or a tent, and we did not call upon the Lord’s name from deep within our spirit. Although we may have some enjoyment elsewhere, only in Beer-sheba can we fulfill God’s purpose.





SECURING A CHOICE BRIDE

We have seen that Isaac enjoyed all the wells. Wherever he went there was a well for his enjoyment. This reveals that whether we are right or wrong in our standing there is a well for our satisfaction. In addition to enjoying the wells, Isaac secured a choice bride (24:61-67). He gained her without doing anything. As he was meditating in the field, she came to him. Isaac was not a doing person; he was an enjoying person. His father and his servant did everything to secure a bride for him. Isaac did not even go to Rebekah; Rebekah came to him. In all of history I have never heard of another case in which the bride came to the groom. All Christian natural doings are just a type of supplanting, a type of heel holding. Never supplant or hold the heel of others. Rebekah is your portion and she will come. Before the foundation of the world, it was destined that Rebekah would be yours. Do you believe this? Do you dare to claim it? Isaac received his Rebekah simply by meditating in the field, not by doing anything. This is enjoyment.

GAINING TWIN SONS

After twenty years without having a child, Isaac gained twin sons (25:20-21, 26b). Did God not say in His promise that Isaac, the only seed of Abraham, would be the one in whom all the nations of the earth would be blessed? Suppose Isaac never had a son. How then could this promise be fulfilled? And if this promise were not fulfilled, how could God’s purpose be accomplished? Thus, it was not only Isaac who needed a son, but also God who needed a seed out of Isaac. Because Isaac did not realize this for twenty years, God did not do anything. God had a need and intended to do something about it, but He required the cooperation from the human side. For twenty years Isaac was only enjoying, not caring about his need for a son. But after twenty years, he realized that he had such a need and that his need corresponded to God’s need. Once he realized this, he prayed and God answered his prayer.
The same is true with us today. When we realize that our need corresponds to God’s need and then pray accordingly, God will answer our prayer. Actually, His answer to our prayer is the fulfillment of His purpose. Our need must be God’s need, and the prayer for our need should also be the prayer for God’s need. When our need corresponds with God’s and when we then pray for our need, God’s need will be met also. When Isaac prayed for a child, whose need was greater—Isaac’s or God’s? Surely God’s need was greater. Nevertheless, the greater need of God could only be fulfilled in the smaller need of Isaac. Only when man realizes his need and prays for it does God have the way to come in to fulfill His need. God has a purpose, and we have a need which corresponds to God’s purpose. But God cannot do anything until we realize our need and pray about it. Then God will answer our prayer to meet our need for the fulfillment of His purpose. Eventually, Isaac had a son, Jacob, who not only fulfilled Isaac’s need but also fulfilled God’s eternal purpose. Out of Jacob came Christ, who brings in the church, the kingdom, and the New Jerusalem. All these eternal things came about through the meeting of Isaac’s need, a need which corresponded with God’s need.
Enjoyment is our destiny, and wherever we go there will be a well. But in the enjoyment of God’s grace, we must render Him our human coordination that He may fulfill His eternal purpose through us. This means that our enjoyment of grace will never be in vain, for the enjoyment of grace on our side eventually becomes the fulfillment of God’s purpose on His side.

RECEIVING A HUNDREDFOLD HARVEST AND BECOMING GREAT

Isaac received a hundredfold harvest and became great (26:12-14). The word great in 26:13 means rich. Isaac “became great and continued to grow great until he became very great” (Heb.). He became rich by fulfilling the regular duty of sowing and through the Lord’s blessing. This also was a matter of enjoyment, but this enjoyment was not on the proper standing. Isaac might have said to himself, “My standing must be right. If it were not right, how could the Lord have blessed me with all these riches?” But God might have said, “Isaac, you are settled here and have gained great riches, but I do not agree with your standing. I shall raise up the circumstances to force you to leave this place.” May the Holy Spirit show us such a vivid picture here. On the one hand, there is the proper enjoyment; on the other hand, there is the improper standing. Even if we lack the proper standing, we may continue to have the enjoyment. But do not think that this enjoyment justifies your standing. As long as we have the enjoyment, our need is met. But for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose, we need to get on the proper standing. Nevertheless, even if we are not on the proper standing, God still grants us His rich provision. This is wonderful. What a wonderful God! What a wonderful provision! We have been destined for the enjoyment. Even when we are wrong in our standing, we may still have the rich enjoyment. But God will not let us go. He will use our circumstances to bring us back to the proper standing that the fulfillment of His purpose might be realized.

FINDING THE “WELL OF LIVING WATER”

Before Isaac came back to Beer-sheba, he had enjoyment after enjoyment, grace upon grace. After receiving the hundredfold harvest, he found the “well of living water” and came into the “broad places,” the “broad ways” (Rehoboth, 26:15-22). Although he had enjoyment in such a rich way, his standing was not right and he was forced to leave the broad ways and to come back to Beer-sheba.

COMING BACK TO BEER-SHEBA

When Isaac returned to Beer-sheba (26:23-33), the Lord immediately appeared to him, speaking to him and confirming His promise, saying, “I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake” (26:24). Then, here in Beer-sheba Isaac began to have the proper testimony. He built an altar, called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent (26:25). Here in Beer-sheba he had a life for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose. Eventually, here in Beer-sheba the opposers were subdued (26:26-31). Beer-sheba is the right place, the place where we can have the proper standing, and the proper standing means a great deal both to God and to us.




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