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Exodus 31

Feb16

Good Morning y’all. Happy Monday 🙂

Today we are looking at Exodus 31.

Be blessed 🙂

God chooses and calls us. Not just that, He blesses us with what we need to accomplish the purpose for which we have been called.

In verses 3-5  we are told God called Bezalel and blessed him with all He needed to accomplish the task He has been given. God gave him the wisdom and skill to create the objects for the tabernacle. He was also filled with God’s spirit.

“Not only have I filled him with my Spirit, but I have given him wisdom and made him a skilled craftsman who can create objects of art with gold, silver, bronze, precious stones, and wood”.(Exodus 31:3-5 CEVUS06)

God equips us with all we need to fulfill purpose. Sometimes all we need to do is take the first step and everything we need to fulfill our calling will fall into place.

When we are working in God’s plan and will, He makes sure everything works out for us. I once heard a preacher say “… with every divine appointment comes divine provision…”. If God has called you to do something, He will always bring provision. He will supply all you need to fulfill the plan. He will lead you always and connect you to the right people that will help you. God raised up Oholiab and other men to help Bezalel with the task that God had given him.

“I have appointed Oholiab from the tribe of Dan to work with him, and I have also given skills to those who will help them make everything exactly as I have commanded you:”(Exodus 31:6 CEVUS06)

God doesn’t call you and leave you to get on with it, wandering around alone confused and clueless, trying to figure out how exactly you are meant to accomplish the task ahead. No, He always sends help and if you listen to His Spirit, He will lead you and reveal the plan to you. Isaiah 42:16 says:
“But I’ll take the hand of those who don’t know the way, who can’t see where they’re going. I’ll be a personal guide to them, directing them through unknown country. I’ll be right there to show them what roads to take, make sure they don’t fall into the ditch. These are the things I’ll be doing for them— sticking with them, not leaving them for a minute.”(Isaiah 42:16 MSG)

This doesn’t mean everything will be smooth but even in the storm God will always make a way out for you. He will hold you by the hand and lead you to your destiny.

God can do same for us too. James 1:5 -8 says:
“If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get His help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves. Don’t think you’re going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open”.(James 1:5-8 MSG)

Perhaps there is a call on your life but you don’t know how to start or where to start from or who will support you…etc. Today, be encouraged for God will send help. Ask him to show you the people He has raised to help you and give you boldness to step out into what He has called you to do. Step out in faith knowing God has your back.

Prayer:
Dear Lord we thank you for today. We thank you because you never leave us alone; You always make provision for us. Today we ask you show us the plan for our lives. Help us see the people and things you have set in place for us. Give us boldness to step out knowing you have our back. Thank you Lord. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.

Thanks for joining today.

Have a blessed day 🙂

***With God all things are possible***

Exodus 28 and 29

Feb12

Good evening y’all. Today we looking at Exodus 28 and 29. The chapters describe the priesthood and the process of ordination.

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One of the first things I noticed is that being a priest is not a right. One can’t just decide they want to be a priest; you have to be chosen or called. As we see in 28:1.

“Call for your brother, Aaron, and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Set them apart from the rest of the people of Israel so they may minister to me and be my priests.(Exodus 28:1 NLT)

God asked Moses to call out Aaron and his sons and set them apart for His use. This tells me you have to be called

Hebrews 5:4 confirms this.

“But no one can have the honor of being a high priest simply by wanting to be one. Only God can choose a priest, and God is the one who chose Aaron”. (Hebrews 5:4 CEVUS06)

The whole description of the priesthood and it’s duties are a shadow of things to come. God was foretelling what plans He had in mind through Jesus.

Aaron was chosen to be the high priest. He was to be the one to appear before God to offer sacrifices and petition God on behalf of the people. In the same way Jesus has been chosen as our high priest. As said in Hebrews 5. He didn’t choose himself God chose him.

“Every high priest is appointed to help others by offering gifts and sacrifices to God because of their sins. A high priest has weaknesses of his own, and he feels sorry for foolish and sinful people.  This is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins and for the sins of others.  But no one can have the honor of being a high priest simply by wanting to be one. Only God can choose a priest, and God is the one who chose Aaron.    This is how it was with Christ. He became a high priest, but not just because he wanted the honor of being one. It was God who told him, “You are my Son, because today I have become your Father!”( Hebrews 5:1-5 CEVUS06)

Aaron though he was the high priest still had to make atonement for his own sins; he wasn’t a perfect priest. Jesus on the other hand is our perfect priest who doesn’t have to make any atonement for himself.

Aaron had to go before God always wearing the name of Israel on his shoulders and chest. This way the children of Israel were always represented before God. In the same way Jesus our high priest is always before the father interceding for us and forever presenting our case before the Father.

Hebrews 7:16 -28 says it all.

“Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless. For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God. This new system was established with a solemn oath. Aaron’s descendants became priests without such an oath, but there was an oath regarding Jesus. For God said to him, “The lord has taken an oath and will not break his vow: ‘You are a priest forever.’” Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God. There were many priests under the old system, for death prevented them from remaining in office. But because Jesus lives forever, his priesthood lasts forever. Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf. He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.  Unlike those other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices every day. They did this for their own sins first and then for the sins of the people. But Jesus did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins. The law appointed high priests who were limited by human weakness. But after the law was given, God appointed his Son with an oath, and his Son has been made the perfect High Priest forever”.(NLT)

Jesus is all we need 🙂 Hallelujah!!!

Thanks for joining today.

Have a wonderful night 🙂

***With God all things are possible***