Make Room.

Genesis 26

3 Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Romans 4:3 [NIV]

18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up…he gave them the same names his father had given them.

Genesis 26:18 [NIV]

3 Areas The Enemy Wants To Destroy Your Capacity.

1. Small Vision Becomes Big Issues.

20 But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.

Genesis 26:20 [NIV] 

1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?

James 4:1 [NIV]

18 Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint.

Proverbs 29:18 [KJV]

16 “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17 And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

2 Kings 6:16–17 [NIV]

2. Shallow Commitments.

21 Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

Genesis 26:21 [NIV]

165 Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble.

Psalm 119:165 [NIV]

19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Proverbs 18:19 [NKJV]

12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Ephesians 6:12 [NIV]

23 Then [Jesus] said to them all, “Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow Me.”

Luke 9:23 [NIV]

23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters…

Colossians 3:23 [NIV]

58 Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord…

1 Corinthians 15:58 [NKJV]

9 We will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Galatians 6:9 [NIV]

3. Lacking The Revelation Of Grace.

22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”

Genesis 26:22 [NIV]

4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Genesis 3:4-5 [NIV]

20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, 21 to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21 [NIV]

17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

Romans 5:17 [NIV]

20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more…

Romans 5:20 [NIV]

19 He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

Psalm 18:19 [NIV]