There is divine power, wisdom, understanding and skill inside you, which, if you ever discover and use, would make you everything you ever dreamed, hoped, prayed for or imagined.

God's plan and strategy when He created us and the environment which we would live (in) was clear:

·        He MADE the earth by His power.

·        He ESTABLISHED it by His wisdom.

·        He STRETCHED out the heavens with understanding and skill.

God makes us extraordinary, by OVERSHADOWING this frail, human vessel with His divine power.

When the Angel appeared to Mary to bring good news that she was destined to birth the Son of the Most High (God in human flesh), a King that would be great and eminent OF whose reign there would be no end, she said, "How can this be, since I have no Seed?"

And the Angel replied in Luke 1:35: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God."

The power of God produces a seed in your life that can change the destiny of humanity.

But it's not enough to just have power or a seed.   I need freedom to release what I have into the ground or where people can keep me accountable.  Harriet Rubin once said, "Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you can unleash."

What will you unleash to your industry this year? 

You have been sowing years on that job, but God is bigger than your workplace.  You cannot afford to just build where you are paid.

In a recent article, Salary.com wrote:

"According to the U.S. Department of Labor, about 5 percent of job seekers obtain jobs through the open job market which consists of help wanted ads, the internet and print publications. Another 24 percent obtain jobs by cold-calling companies directly. Twenty-three percent obtain jobs through employment agencies, college career-services offices and executive-search firms. The remaining 48 percent obtain their jobs through referrals or "word of mouth." These individuals get the job referrals by networking. The time to network is now.  Many people start networking only after they've lost their job. Effective networking means creating contacts and relationships while you are still employed."

If your sphere of influence is limited to your workplace it is too small. 

God makes us by His power, but then we must establish and multiply it with divine wisdom. 

Wisdom comes from not only reading, praying and declaring, but applying the Word of God (what He speaks over our lives) consistently.  You see, its one thing to be fruitful, but something entirely different to be numerous. 

You must multiply WHAT GOD is making (and teaching) you. 

Isaiah wrote, " O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things, even purposes planned of old [and fulfilled] in faithfulness and truth (25:1.)"

I believe that God can take the oldest dream or promise in your heart and fulfill it.  It's not too late to brush off those old written notebooks or napkins (with promises written on them) and declare, "NOT one word will fail of what God has promised."

God wants to enlarge the source of our divine increase by understanding and skill.

Jeremiah wrote He stretched out the heavens with understanding and skill.  The heavens represent a source of: divine blessing, favor, rain, resource, harvest, surprise, promotion, help, DESTINY, promise, security prosperity and expression.

If Christ is in us, then all the resources of Heaven to get what is in the earth are IN ME.

But my ability to access it must be stretched.  What do you intend to stretch this year? 

Dictionary.com defines that word stretched as: to draw out, extend, or enlarge unduly; it is to lengthen, widen, distend or strain beyond the normal or proper limits by intense exertion.

You were created to do something that is not appropriate or justified for your (current) level of education, experience, history or past.  

Today, I dare you to stretch your imagination, stretch your faith, stretch your limits, stretch your knowledge and refuse to stay at the place people left you in 2008. 

You are God's stimulus plan for YOUR economy.  Stretch your curiosity.  Knowledge and skill do not acquire you; you must acquire them.