“Hazon” comes from the same etymology as “chazah.”
Amen.
“Hazon” is the noun, “chazah" is the verb.
Amen.
The “hazon” which Isaiah “chazah”, which he saw.
Amen.
I want to share more on that because if you look at the
definition in the Strong's for the word “chazah”, it is this.
It says: “to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy.”
So in other words, it's prophetic seeing.
“Provide.” This is interesting.
“To see as a seer.”
So notice the word “provide” is in the word “see.”
“See, perceive, look, behold” are probably all the same meaning.
And said in different forms. Right?
But it's also the word “provide.”
Can you see the word “provide” there?
Now, it seems to stand out by itself. “Provide.”
So in other words, in your vision from God is the provision.
Amen. If you look at Exodus 18.
Here it says in Exodus 18:
“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men,”
This word “provide” is the word “chazah.”
“Chazah.”
“Moreover thou shalt provide.”
In the Young's literal translation: “Thou dost provide.”
“Provide” is the word “chazah.” Amen.
So to see, like today in our English vernacular, we will
say things like: “I need to buy something.”
I say: “Don't worry about it. I'll see to it.”
What does that mean? “I'll see to it.”
“I'll provide for you and I'll make sure it happens.”
Amen.
“Don't worry about it. I'll see to it.”
So when the Lord sees to it, actually “seeing” there is “provide.”
So to see is to be provided for. Amen.
Your provision is in the vision. In the vision that God gives you.
So when we look at this, word “chazah” or “provision”,
God has a principle there for us to understand.
That whatever he shows you, the provision is in the vision.
Just like the English word “pro-vision.”
Notice the word “pro” is there for the “vision.”
It is to provide for the vision. Amen.
Let's look at the life of Abraham, our father Abraham,
and let's see the principle of how God taught him to see
before he can possess it. Let's go to Genesis 15 now.
Now Abraham was about 84 years old.
“And after these things, the word of the Lord”
“came unto Abram in a vision, saying: ‘Fear not, Abram:’”
“‘I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.’”
So "The word of the Lord”
“came unto Abraham in a vision, saying: ‘Fear not, Abram:’”
“‘I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.’”
And I believe he had a vision of the “magen.” Amen.
In Hebrew, “magen” means “shield.”
A shield coming to him, and God says:
“I'm your defender. I'm your protector.”
“And only that, I'm your exceeding great reward.”
The word “reward” in the Hebrew, literally, is what they use for “salary.”
“I am your exceeding great remuneration.”
Amen.
“I am your exceeding great remuneration.”
Not the conditions of your country. Not your boss. Amen.
Not the place where you're working at.
Not the conditions of the economy in the world.
That's why to have Jesus is to have everything.
It reminds me of the time when
Jacob met his brother after many years.
He met Esau and he actually said this.
Esau asked him: “What are all these sheep and goats”
“that you bring along with you in front of me here?”
“Oh, this my brother, they are gifts for you.”
And then Esau said this:
“You know what? Keep it for yourself.”
“I have a lot.”
“I have a lot.” Literally the word “rab.”
“I have an abundance.” He told his brother Jacob.
Jacob says: “No, please take it, my brother. I want you to have it.”
Then he said this: “God has been gracious to me.”
“And I have everything.” Beautiful!
The word “kol” in Hebrew.
“Kol.” “I have everything.”
His brother (Esau) has plenty. He (Jacob) has everything. Amen.
The greatest, richest billionaire in the world today has plenty,
but you, child of God, you have everything.
You need eyes to see that! Amen.
You have more going for you than even the richest people without Christ.
Praise the Lord. Amen.
Inside as well! You are free from depression.
You are poised. You are calm.
You are not perturbed by the troubles of life
because you have the shalom peace that
garrisons your heart and mind. Hallelujah.
You have Jesus. And to have Jesus is everything.
Praise the Lord.
And even if you need finances: “My God shall supply”
“all your needs according to His riches in glory.” Amen.
Not according to the conditions of the economy, but according to
His riches in glory. Amen.
That's how He supplies.
You know, my friend, He didn't even say
He would supply “out of” but “according to.”
Wow. “According to” is more than “out of.”
“Out of” is a portion of His riches
but “according to” means all His riches! Amen.
“According to” means it is all yours. And that's how God provides.
Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. Amen.
So in Genesis 15, when the Lord appeared to him,
look at Abram's response!
“Lord God, what will thou give me, seeing I go childless,”
“and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?”
Notice that God told him:
“I'm your shield, your exceeding great reward.”
But his answer was: “But what will you give me?”
“Lord, the vision is good. The vision is fine.” Amen.
“I see the shield.”
“You're saying that You are all of this to me,”
“but what will you give me, seeing I go childless?”
Abram was at this point in time, wavering in his faith.
God realized that Abram was in a state of unbelief and
God had to help him in his belief.
So what did God do?
This is what God said to Abram. To build Abram's faith,
“God brought him out toward heaven and He says:
“‘Tell the stars if thou be able to number them.’”
Or in the Hebrew: “tell the story.”
But again, “to number” is also correct.
So it's both ways.
God says: “Tell the story of the stars and number them.”
“And He said unto him: ‘So shall thy seed be.’”
Early on, I told you to remember that in Genesis 13,
God says: “I will multiply your descendants as the”
“dust of the earth.”
And here it talks about the stars. Right?
So if you put them together, it's very interesting because
day and night is covered here.
In the daytime, God helped his faith.
“Every time you look at the dust of the earth.”
And if you go to Israel, to the Middle East,
dust is plenteous. It is everywhere.
He looked around, and he's telling himself:
“God told me that every time I look at the dust,”
“I am to remember that these are my descendants.”
Amen. “I'm going to have a child.”
At this time, he and his wife were barren.
She has always been barren.
And now, they are both coming to old age and yet never had a child.
And that's why he says: “Seeing I go childless.”
His seeing was wrong.
He told God: “What will you give me, seeing I go childless?”
And God had to change Abraham’s seeing.
God says: “I'm going to give him a visual aid.” Amen.
“I'm going to use the dust of the earth for daytime”
“and the stars of the sky for the night time.” Amen.
And at night time, he looked up.
And it's as if the stars changed faces to babies, his babies
crying out: “Father Abraham, father Abraham.”
That's how plenty it is!
In the Middle East, there are no lights around
and in the dark of the night, you will see numerous stars.
And God says: “See if you are able to number the stars.”
Hallelujah. Let's go to Genesis 17 now.
Abraham is about 99 years old.
When Abraham was 99 years old.
Now, remember that when God first told him about
multiplying his descendants like the dust, all the land you see,
that was in Genesis 13, when he was 79 years old.
That was 20 years ago. Now he's 99.
And his child hasn't come.
But within the year, His child would come.
The Lord appeared to Abraham and said to him:
“I am Almighty God.”
Literally in the Hebrew: “I am El Shaddai.”
“Walk before Me and be blameless.” God says:
“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you”
“and you shall be a father of many nations, no longer”
“shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham.”
“Abram” means “altitude.”
“Abraham” means “father of multitude.”
“For I have made you a father of many nations.”
So God put a “hei”, a Hebrew letter
from God’s own name.
God put “hei” into Abraham.
And in fact, if you keep on reading,
God also put “hei”— God has 2 “hei”s.
“Yud Hei Vav Hei.” God put his “hei” into Abraham.
And Abram became Abraham, father of many.
God gave his other “hei” to Sarai.
And the way you say “hei” is an out-breathing.
God breathed “hei” into Sarai and Sarai became Sarah. Amen.
A queen, a princess. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord.
And within the year, the baby came.
So in other words, God changed their confession.
God changed the words they spoke.
The way they are calling each other.
Now, Sarah would call him: “Father of multitudes!”
“Father of multitudes!” when he comes in from the field.
“Dinner is ready, Father of multitudes!”
“Your dinner is ready!” and all the neighbors are thinking:
“Wow, he doesn't even have a child, but he's a father of multitudes.”
Imagine that! “Father of multitudes!”
“Father of multitudes.”
And you know, I'm saying not a child by Sarah.
Now he had a child with Hagar and that's not through Sarah.
But here, Sarah is calling him “father of multitudes.”
God is changing—faith has got to do with your words.
God is changing the words he speaks.
And the Bible says:
“We having the same spirit of faith, I believe and therefore I speak.”
“We also believe and therefore speak.”
Many a times, there's a lot of emphasis on this part
of speaking, but we forget about the part of seeing.
Notice when Abraham was 79 years old,
when God told him:
“I will multiply your descendants like the dust of the earth,”
he was only 79 years old at the time.
At 99, God changed his words.
So God changed his vision before God changed his words.
God wants us to see more and more and more
until when we speak, it happens.
In fact, when he spoke,
how long did he speak before it happened?
In a given year, there's 12 months, right?
He was 99 years old and we know that the baby came
when he was about 100 years old.
Give and take, 9 months of gestation period, right?
9 months out of 12 leaves you with 3 months.
So it was 3 months of changing his name from Abram to Abraham.
Changing his speech about himself: “I'm father of multitudes.”
Every time he introduced himself: “I'm father of multitudes.”
“This is Princess.” Amen.
“Kings will come from her.” Praise the Lord.
He changed his words.
But notice it only took 3 months of speaking positively.
Praise the Lord.
But 20 years before, God says: “I'll multiply your seed like”
“the dust of the earth.” And every time he sees the dust
God changed his vision before God changed his speaking.
Can you see that?
In fact, in Genesis 15, when God said: “Look at the stars”,
he was 84 years old,
that's 15 years before he was 99. Right?
So God says: “Now look at the stars.”
God had to keep on changing his heart.
Keep on changing his heart.
He didn't believe completely, but when God changed his heart,
his heart is full of the vision of him being a father of many.
Then God changed his speech and his speech was only changed,
he spoke differently only for 3 months.
And then the child came. Hallelujah.
And the Bible says in Romans 4:
“And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body,”
already dead (since he was about 100 years old),”
“and the deadness of Sarah's womb.”
“He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief,”
“but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and”
“being fully convinced that what He had promised”
“He was also able to perform.”
So you see that the baby came when
he was about 100 years old. So praise God.
Give and take, God changed his speech 3 months
before Sarah conceived finally.
In other words, we emphasize a lot on our saying
but God emphasizes a lot on our seeing.
We got to see right before we can speak right.
Jesus says it like this: “A good man out of the”
“good treasure of his heart brings forth good things.”
“An evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart”
“brings forth evil things.” Right?
“Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”
It is from the abundance of the heart. Amen.
You can say the right thing,
but if you don't see it on the inside,
you can say: “I'm healed, I'm healed!” but you
see yourself sick,
you see yourself in the hospital all the time and you have
a bad vision of the future, you have a negative vision
of the future, friend.
You got to change your heart first. Amen.
Fill your thoughts, your mind with the Word of God on health.
Amen. The world is full of reports of sickness, disease,
but where do you find health, wholeness?
In the Word of God. Amen.
And what you behold, you become.
Praise the Lord.