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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 23

Feb4

Good evening y’all. Today we are looking at Exodus 23.

This chapter is a continuation of the laws God gave to Moses for the children of Israel.

Exodus 23: 1-12
While reading this chapter, I asked myself how would I have fared based on these instructions that God laid out for the children of Israel. Would I pass if I was to be judged based on those laws?

We could argue that those laws are old testament laws and therefore don’t apply to us (seeing as we are operating under the new covenant) but I realised that those laws were all summed up by Jesus in His teachings.  This means they are still applicable to us today 🙂 . If we read Matthew chapter 5, we will see Jesus talking about the laws of Moses and how they apply to us. Infact in verse 17 of Matthew 5 He said:

“Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.(NLT)

I have listed out some of the instructions from verse 1-12:
– Don’t spread false rumours
– Don’t give false testimony against another
– Don’t follow the crowd to do wrong.
– If you find a lost item, return it back to the owner.
– Don’t walk away from people who require help
– Don’t cheat a poor person from what’s rightfully their’s just because they are poor
– Don’t sentence an innocent person
– Don’t take bribes
– Don’t oppress foreigners

Matthew 7: 12 says: “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.(NLT)

This verse rightly sums up everything we have been reading so far from chapter 21. If only we would treat others the same way we would have them treat us, the world would be a better place to live in.

So today, let’s examine ourselves using God’s word as the standard

Exodus 23: 20 – 33
God promises them his presence in the form of an angel. He wasn’t going to leave them alone to journey through the wilderness.  (I love me some God 🙂 He’s always thinking about us and how to make life easy for us). The angel was going to protect them and lead them safely to the promised land.

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If they obeyed and followed His instructions, there were benefits/blessings that they would enjoy such as:
– Guidance
– Protection
– Deliverance from enemy
– Provision
– Divine health

In like manner we can relate this to the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  God has given Him to us to help us on our journey here on earth. He is there to teach and guide us on how to live our lives.

“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.  He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it isn’t looking for Him and doesn’t recognize Him. But you know Him, because He lives with you now and later will be in you”.(John 14:16-17 NLT)

We are to obey the Holy Spirit and yield to His leading. That’s the only way we can be pleasing to God and enjoy the blessings He has for us.

Verses 24 and 25 reminds us that even though we are living in this world we are not of this world and so shouldn’t imitate the world or their ways of doing things.

“You must not worship the gods of these nations or serve them in any way or imitate their evil practices. Instead, you must utterly destroy them and smash their sacred pillars. “You must serve only the Lord your God…”(Exodus 23: 24-25a NLT)

This is also made clear in Romans 12:2

“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”(Romans 12:2 NLT)

Let’s examine ourselves today. Colossians 3:1- 2 says
“So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, then act like it. Pursue the things upon which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what Christ is doing — that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.”(MSG)

Let’s stop hiding under the blanket of grace. Its time to get up and start doing what is required of us. Shall we continue in sin and say grace abounds? God forbid!

Prayer:
Dear Lord we thank you for today. Thanks you for your word. Pls help us to live in obedience to all that you have commanded. Thank you Lord. In Jesus Name we have prayed.

Thanks for joining today.

Have a wonderful night 🙂

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