Go to where you are celebrated not tolerated.You are the one that is in control on earth. God gets control in anything you do through the control you yield to Him. With these in mind you are the one who chose which ever location you are. There are many things that affect your success; one of the major things is the location and the people you live with. You chose where you live in, people you associate with, people you work with, and people you are in friendship with.
Therefore if you understand the consequences that comes with being where you are celebrated and being where you are tolerated, you will rather be careful in choosing where you spend your time and people you recite with.
This understanding will empower you on your quest for success.
What does it mean to be tolerated? It means to withstand the unpleasant effects of something or someone. When someone is tolerated people might not like him but for one reason or the other they’ll just endure to have him around. The reason might range from enduring your presence for one or all these reasons; Your money; Your gifting; Your looks; Your parents; Your brother / sister Your connections.
The philistines living in Gerar tolerated Isaac for the sake of their King. The King had to issue a decree that say anyone who touches Isaac shall be put to death. The Egyptians could not withstand the Israelites coming in to live in their country if it was not for Joseph’s sake. The moment he died, they enslaved the Israelites.
People who tolerate you can celebrate your gifting but they are in competition with you. Your success is a threat to them. They might laugh with you, greed you but they don’t feel secured having you around only for their selfish advantages. They are envious of you, so far they are ahead of you and you are not up to them in status. They don’t show their jealousy, but the moment you catch up with them or ahead of them, they they’ll do everything to pull you down or hinder your progress. Your success manifests their competitive jealousy.
PROV. 13:18 Danger of un teachable spirit.
They become hostile. This is exactly what the Gerar’s did to Isaac. People like that become energy takers. The precious energy that you are suppose to channel towards accomplishing your vision on advancing yourself, you begin to use it in trying to make peace towards relationship with jealous people. You will be worn out if you go to a place where are tolerated. It will take you a longer time and more energy to accomplish anything in such environment. What you need to do is to;
1) Avoid going to areas where you are tolerated
2) Allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the heart of people you are with
3) Learn to study the expressions of people you are dealing with and pay attention to what they say. Their words betray them at times. They might make nasty comments about you and say they are joking. Be careful of those who make expensive jokes about you always.
4) Don’t rush into relationships because time has a way of revealing people’s true character. If they do it to other people be sure that sooner or later your turn will come. It is their character to suppress and hack people down. Where to be is where you are celebrated. To be celebrated means to praise something or make it famous.
When you are where you are celebrated you’ll be praised genuinely. When you are praised;
1) You become highly motivated to achieve more which means you will be given a higher platform for promotion.
2) Made famous. To be made famous means you’ll be marketed. When you are marketed the people become your ambassadors for promotion, they spread your good works abroad thereby enlarging your sphere of operation which will in turn enlarge your territory. It is worth while to mention that you can only maximize your potentials when you operate amongst people that celebrate you.
That is why Jesus never went to places where He was not celebrated. People who commonised Jesus never taped into His power. The same thing holds true with God, you cannot get the power of God to work for you if you don’t celebrate Him.
Ps 22:3 BUT THOU ART HOLY, O THOU THAT INHABITEST THE PRAISES OF ISRAEL.
This reveals that God dwells where He is praised for that is the only place that His power can be manifested. We should do like wise because we are commanded to imitate God not only so, if praises unlocks God’s power, praises will surely unlock the exceeding power of God that is on your inside for explosive results in your life.
How do you locate people who genuinely celebrate you?
1) They pray for your success in life.
2) They compliment your life for success not competition
3) They see your short comings as their short coming.
4) They unconditionally support your success in life
5) They talk about your good works and success
6) They are not threaten by you, they therefore let you know their weaknesses and strengths
7) Most importantly they seek long relationships with you.
People who celebrate you are always out to cover you. They cry and feel the pains of your short comings but those who tolerate you rejoice at your short comings, seeing it as an opportunity for their promotion Imagine the productive atmosphere that will be created for you to succeed by being amongst people or in places where you are celebrated.
Therefore develop your relationship with the Holy Spirit to show you who are the people that celebrate you as a person not just tolerating you because of what you possess. You need to value people who celebrate you and show them that you really appreciate them. Remember if people celebrate you and you don’t reciprocate, it means that you don’t celebrate them but tolerating them.
This is why God told Isaac not to dwell in Gerar but to dwell in the land that He will show him. I pray that you will live by this teaching so that your success will be glorious. Everything locked up on your inside will surely find expression in Jesus name.