WHAT IS POTENTIAL

Genesis chapter 1










Today we are walking in: What Is Potential













Job 21:14




Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge H1847 of thy ways.






KNOWLEDGE





Today we look to the word-KNOWLEDGE- H847 da'ath--knowledge, perception, skill, discernment







The Torah testifies.....................




Genesis 2:9




And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.




Exodus 31:3




And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom,and in understanding, and in knowledge, H1847 andin all manner of workmanship,




Leviticus 4:8




Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.






The prophets proclaim..................




Nehemiah 10:28

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;







Isaiah 33:6




And wisdom and knowledge H1847 shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.







Jeremiah 3:15




And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.








The writings bear witness.............



Job 34:2




Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.





Psalm 119:66




Teach me good judgment and knowledge: H1847 for I have believed thy commandments.




Proverbs 1:7




The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.








What Is Potential?

The abortion of potential is the death of the future.




Potential is...




...unexposed ability...reserved power...untapped strength...capped capabilities...unused success...dormant gifts...hidden talents....latent power.




...what you can do that you haven’t yet done.where you can go that you haven’t yet gone...who you can be that you haven’t yet been...what you can imagine that you haven’t yet imagined.. .how far you can reach that you haven’t yet reached...what you can see that you haven’t yet seen...what you can accomplish that you haven’t yet accomplished.




Thus, potential is the sum of who you are that you have yet to reveal. It’s a deposit that waits to be released and maximized. You are capable of much more than you are presently thinking, imagining, doing, or being. That is your potential. Unless you continually try to reach higher, go farther, see over, and grasp something greater than you now know, you will never discover your full potential.

You are capable of much more than you are presently thinking, imagining, doing, or being.




THE POTENTIAL PRINCIPLE




Suppose we stood in a vast forest and I asked you to describe what you saw. You might say that you saw trees and plants and flowers and insects and birds and animals. But in truth that is not all you would be seeing. For within each of those things are the seeds for more trees, plants, flowers, insects, birds, and animals. That’s the potential principle. Your observation would be fact but not truth.




If, for example, I hold an apple seed in my hand, I hold much more than one seed. In every seed there is a tree, and in every tree there are apples with seeds in them. And the seeds contain more apple trees that contain fruit that contain seeds and so on. In fact I hold one apple seed. In truth I hold an entire orchard. That is potential—what yet can be.




UNDERSTANDING POTENTIAL

Yah created everything with potential. Genesis 1:12 describes how Yah created the plants and the trees, each “bearing seed according to their kinds.” The first chapter of Genesis also gives an account of the creation of the birds, the creatures of the sea, the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals. They too were given the ability to reproduce according to their kinds. Thus, every living thing that Yah created was blessed with potential. Each possessed the capability to be much more than they appeared to be at any one time. Each contained the seed from which future generations of plants, birds, fish and animals would come.




Every living thing that Yah created was blessed with potential.




Yah also planted within you the ability to be much more than you are at any one moment. Like the apple seed, you possess hidden resources and capabilities. Most of the potential Yah gave you at birth still remains within you, unseen and unused. What I see when I meet you on any given day is not all you are.




THE SOURCE OF ALL POTENTIAL




Everything that was and is was in Yah. Before Yah created anything, there was only Yah. Thus, Yah had within Him the potential for everything He made. Nothing exists that was not first in Yah. Yah is the source of all life, because before anything was, Yah is.




Everything that was and is was in Yah.




“In the beginning Yah created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). He pulled everything that He made out of Himself. Indeed, the beginning was in Yah before it began. Yah started start. If the Book of Genesis had started with Genesis 1:0, it might have read, “Before there was a beginning, there was Yah. Before there was a creation, there was a Creator. Before anything was, there was Yah.”




Yah did not begin when the beginning began. He was in the beginning before the beginning had a beginning. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Yah, and the Word was Yah” (John 1:1). Everything in the world we know was in Yah before it came to be seen. “Through [Yah] all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made” (John 1:3). Thus, Yah is the source of all potential. He is everything we haven’t seen yet.




When we describe this characteristic of Yah, we say that He is omnipotent. Omni means “always” and potent means “full of power.”




Yah is always full of power. He can always do more than He has already done.




Yah’S CREATION PROCESS




Yah’s process in creating the world follows an interesting pattern. First, Yah planned what He wanted to create. Second, He decided what kind of material substance He wanted His creation to be made from. Third, Yah spoke to the substance from which the thing was to be created and, fourth, exactly what He spoke came forth from that to which He spoke.




Thus, when Yah wanted to make plants, He spoke to the ground, because that is the material substance from which He wanted them to come (Genesis 1:11). When He wanted to create animals, Yah again spoke to the ground because He had planned for animals to be made of dirt (Genesis 1:24). Fish came forth from the sea when Yah spoke to it (Genesis 1:20). The sun, the moon, and the stars appeared in the expanse of the sky when Yah called them into being (Genesis 1:14-17). Everything came forth when Yah spoke to a material substance, in accordance with the plan He had developed before He spoke the world into being.




YAH GAVE YOU POTENTIAL




When Yah created human beings, He spoke to Himself. You came forth from Yah because Yah planned that human beings should be spirit even as He is Spirit. Too many people never discover Yah’s purpose for creating them. They look everywhere but to Yah for the meaning of their existence. Their lives are unfulfilled and their potential is wasted. Yah looks at them and bemoans their loss: “If you only knew who you are. If you only knew what you can do. If you only knew why I gave you life.” Perhaps that is Yah’s attitude toward you.




Remember, few things are impossible when they are tackled with diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. Yah created you with potential. He waits to see what you will do with the remarkable gift He gave you.




PRINCIPLES




1. Potential is what yet can be.




2. Yah created everything with potential.




3. Yah is the Source of all potential.




4. What Yah planned came forth from the substance to which He spoke. 5. When Yah wanted you, He spoke to Himself.