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Seeing the Possibilities...From the Inside Out

Seeing the Possibilities...From the Inside OutKenneth W. Hagin

What you continually see, dream about, and imagine determines where you will go and what you will do.

Do you know that with God and His Word, you can accomplish more than you think is possible? But until you begin to see your dreams—your vision—on the inside, you’ll never see the true potential and the real possibilities that exist with you and God.

In sports, coaches often tell their athletes, “See yourself making that big play. See yourself scoring.” When I ran track, I’d see myself winning the race. As we stepped onto the track and put down our starting blocks, I’d look at the guys around me. And I would see myself beating every one of them. That was my vision. That’s what I could see on the inside. And I always backed that up.

Change What You’re Looking At

If you can see something on the inside, you can make it happen on the outside. But you’re never going to receive anything as long as you’ve got yourself in a little box. The Bible tells us in Isaiah 54:2 to “enlarge the place of our tent.” We need to enlarge our tent—our vision—so that we are looking at more than what we can think or do. It’s when we see ourselves in God’s Word and see the things that He has promised us coming to pass that they will become a reality in our lives. It’s not up to God—it’s up to us!

Time and time again in his healing ministry, my dad would tell sick people to see themselves well. I’ve been with him in hospital rooms when he’d tell the person, “See yourself getting out of bed.” He wasn’t telling them to see it with their natural eye, but on the inside.

Michelangelo, the great artist, saw a block of marble one day whose owner had said it had little value. But Michelangelo said, “It has value to me. There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.” With his natural eye, Michelangelo saw a block of marble, but on the inside, he saw a statue. And that statue took shape under his
hands.

That’s what we’ve got to do. Just like those athletes, just like those sick people, just like Michelangelo, we’ve got to see our dreams coming to pass on the inside. What you continually see, dream about, and imagine determines where you will go and what you will do. We see this in the Bible with Abram and Lot. Genesis chapter 13 tells us that these men had to part ways because their herds had grown so large. Abram gave Lot first choice of the land. Verses 10 and 11 say, “Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the Lord. . . . So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan . . .” (NIV). Lot took what looked good in the natural, and after he left, the Lord spoke to Abram: “. . . ‘Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west. All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. . . . So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the Lord” (vv. 14–15, 18 NIV).

Abram and Lot both looked in certain directions, and then they went in those directions. However, while Lot went with what looked good to his natural eye, Abram went with the Lord—with what he couldn’t see in the natural. In the end, Lot lost everything (Genesis chapter 19), while Abram prospered and became a great nation. Lot’s vision— what he saw on the inside—was hindered by what he saw with his physical eyes.

Keep the Vision Alive

Don’t let what you’re seeing in the natural hinder your vision. Don’t look to the past or to what other people may tell you, but stay focused. Our lack of reading the Word and dreaming with the Holy Spirit is keeping us as believers from doing what God really wants us to do. We must allow God’s Word to rise up on the inside, dream with the Holy Spirit, and get a new outlook on our future.

Don’t see your future with eyes of worry and fear. There are more possibilities for you than you’re seeing right now. There are ideas and opportunities waiting on you! Determine to be a person who isn’t afraid to move, who isn’t afraid of defeat, and who will experience the great joy of victory. Remember that God is a big God, and He’s the One in control.

Learn to see with the eyes of your heart. Stop thinking about all that is against you, and start thinking about what you’ve got. Let the vision become real inside you and set your goals high. Start seeing yourself as the person God designed you to be—an overcomer and a victor in Christ Jesus through faith. See yourself successful, because with God, you can do anything you want to do and be anything you want to be.