“‘Come now, therefore, and
I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of
Israel, out of Egypt.’ But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to
Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?’ So He
said, ‘I will certainly be with you.’” – Exodus 3:10-12
God, in His wisdom, has chosen
to use those mortal men and women who are called by His name to be His voice and
a light to a world that is bound for hell.
He chose Moses, to speak for Him and provided Aaron to help him. When God is going to do something in our
lives – through our lives for His glory and the good of mankind – He uses us.
I have shared this before –
and I will probably more times in the future – God speaks to us by the Holy
Spirit though prayer, the Word, circumstances and other Believers. I believe that God is speaking to us now. Through
all four methods. He is speaking to us
about unity in the Body of Christ. He is
making evident those things that divide us. It is never good that divides
Christians – it is always sin. Tolerated
or ignored, but sin nonetheless. So it
brings us to a crisis of belief. We must come under conviction that individually
or corporately we have sinned. Sin that we are aware of, but since it does not
directly affect us, we pretend it is not sin – or at least not so bad that we
must do something about it. Sometimes God
whispers and sometimes He shouts. I
think He is shouting now.
The question is why? I think
it is because He is about to do something and He is calling the Church to
repentance, be united in purpose and witness. To be right with my brothers and
sisters, I must first be right with God. Consider Matthew 5.
“You have heard that it
was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in
danger of the judgment.’ But I say to you that whoever is angry with his
brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to
his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You
fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if you bring your gift to the
altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave
your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your
brother, and then come and offer your gift.” – Matthew 5:21-24
The man had humbled his heart
before God and was then reminded of an offense with his brother. God said, first be reconciled, then offer
your sacrifice. And what might that
sacrifice be?
“that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable
service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and
perfect will of God.” – Romans 12:1-2
What is God saying to you in
the midst of all of the turmoil caused by COVID 19 and the racial unrest? Do you sense that something is not right
spiritually? I hope so. The idea of
unity is not new. The idea of loving your Brother and Sister in Christ as being
part of the same eternal family is not new – it is the second greatest
commandment and proof that we are, indeed, Jesus disciples. It is proof to a
lost world that there is a God in heaven, because what the world fails to achieve
, the Church is able to achieve through faith in Jesus and the power of the
Spirit.
“And even as they did not
like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to
do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual
immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder,
strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of
God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to
parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who,
knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are
deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice
them.” – Romans 1:28-32
Do you see what is happening around
you in those verses? The world says – to prove that you are a “good and
acceptable” person you must embrace sin.
God says that there are “none righteous”, “all have sinned”, bound for
eternal separation from Him and you can only be “truly good” if you are born
again.
“Now as He was going out
on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, ‘Good Teacher,
what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?’ So Jesus said to him, ‘Why do
you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.’” – Mark 10:17-18
Listen for God’s voice in the
midst of the social and spiritual calamity that surrounds us. Dr. Henry Blackaby said that know what God is
saying is not the problem. Obeying what
He has said – that is the problem.
Let your light shine!
By Faith Alone By His Grace
Alone And For His Glory Alone
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