Three reasons for increase in stature (1) Your stature could determine what and who you have access to. Luke 19 tells us the story of an interesting wealthy man who desperately wanted to see Jesus. His access to Jesus was limited because of his stature. He was a man of little stature the bible recorded. He did something profound, ran ahead of the crowd and climbed unto a tree to artificially increase his stature. His effort to artificially increase his stature did not go unnoticed. Jesus stopped under the sycamore tree, called his name, and followed him home without an appointment. The man experienced the greatest miracle that day “salvation entered into his house”. Your stature can determine what and who you have access to in the Spirit.
(2) Your stature can determine what you possess. You are certainly familiar with the story of the 12 spies. 10 returned with very terrible news of fear and failure. They were intimidated out of their inheritance because they perceived themselves as grasshoppers (men of no stature) before giants (men of great stature). The problem was not the stature of the opposition but their stature.
Dear beloved, the promises of God written in scripture are potentially yours but not practically yours, it takes stature to translate them from the realm of “potentiality” to the realm of “reality”.
If you do not have a stature that is superior to the stature of the giants in your promised land, you will be intimidated out of inheritance. Men and women of “Grasshopper stature” can not possess a land inhabited by giants.
Caleb possessed the land and even at 75 was still ready to drive out the occupiers of the land because he had a different spirit.
The quality, uniqueness and the power of the Spirit in you is a measure of your stature. Jesus in his days on earth had a measureless dimension of the spirit. For the Spirit was giving to him without measure. Therefore He increased in stature. For as he waxed strong in the spirit, there was a corresponding increase in his stature.
(3) The success of your selection to function in this world depends largely on your stature. Samuel the Prophet almost selected Eliab instead of David (the chosen of the Lord) because of his stature. God had to intervene and conducted a refresher course for Samuel on how to appoint and select God’s way. Do not look at the appearance of his stature. That is what men look at but God looks at the heart is the summary of the training.
So you see that it is spiritually validated by God himself that the world’s standard of selection is based on your stature. They want to see your cv, they want to see what you can deliver. Only God will take a fisherman and turn him into an apostle that will be feared by the government. The world loves finished products. The world takes the best of Zion to build their system. Nebuchandezer did not look for the worst of zion, he wanted the best of them. Boys and children of stature. Gifted children who could learn languages etc. Dearly beloved, your selection for the job, that position, that contract etc would largely depend on your stature. And your ability to fulfill the role without compromise in this world depends on your stature in the spirit. We are in this world but we are not of this world. Ask the Lord to increase your stature so you can effectively represent the kingdom in your domain.
Three reasons for increase in stature (1) Your stature could determine what and who you have access to. Luke 19 tells us the story of an interesting wealthy man who desperately wanted to see Jesus. His access to Jesus was limited because of his stature. He was a man of little stature the bible recorded. He did something profound, ran ahead of the crowd and climbed unto a tree to artificially increase his stature. His effort to artificially increase his stature did not go unnoticed. Jesus stopped under the sycamore tree, called his name, and followed him home without an appointment. The man experienced the greatest miracle that day “salvation entered into his house”. Your stature can determine what and who you have access to in the Spirit.
(2) Your stature can determine what you possess. You are certainly familiar with the story of the 12 spies. 10 returned with very terrible news of fear and failure. They were intimidated out of their inheritance because they perceived themselves as grasshoppers (men of no stature) before giants (men of great stature). The problem was not the stature of the opposition but their stature.
Dear beloved, the promises of God written in scripture are potentially yours but not practically yours, it takes stature to translate them from the realm of “potentiality” to the realm of “reality”.
If you do not have a stature that is superior to the stature of the giants in your promised land, you will be intimidated out of inheritance. Men and women of “Grasshopper stature” can not possess a land inhabited by giants.
Caleb possessed the land and even at 75 was still ready to drive out the occupiers of the land because he had a different spirit.
The quality, uniqueness and the power of the Spirit in you is a measure of your stature. Jesus in his days on earth had a measureless dimension of the spirit. For the Spirit was giving to him without measure. Therefore He increased in stature. For as he waxed strong in the spirit, there was a corresponding increase in his stature.
(3) The success of your selection to function in this world depends largely on your stature. Samuel the Prophet almost selected Eliab instead of David (the chosen of the Lord) because of his stature. God had to intervene and conducted a refresher course for Samuel on how to appoint and select God’s way. Do not look at the appearance of his stature. That is what men look at but God looks at the heart is the summary of the training.
So you see that it is spiritually validated by God himself that the world’s standard of selection is based on your stature. They want to see your cv, they want to see what you can deliver. Only God will take a fisherman and turn him into an apostle that will be feared by the government. The world loves finished products. The world takes the best of Zion to build their system. Nebuchandezer did not look for the worst of zion, he wanted the best of them. Boys and children of stature. Gifted children who could learn languages etc. Dearly beloved, your selection for the job, that position, that contract etc would largely depend on your stature. And your ability to fulfill the role without compromise in this world depends on your stature in the spirit. We are in this world but we are not of this world. Ask the Lord to increase your stature so you can effectively represent the kingdom in your domain.