| Written by ola aroyehun,
on Wednesday 02/16/11
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In my last post, we looked at the issue of motives and its importance to God. Here I want to highlight yet another principle that I believe is important to God – that of honouring him. Being of African heritage, I appreciate first hand how we honour people, particularly our elders. Even more so, honour is important to God. I will highlight two incidents in the bible that illustrates the importance of honouring God.
The first is the story of Moses. Fed up with the Israelites’ constant whining and complaining, when God told Moses to assemble the community and speak to the rock when they had requested water, instead Moses struck the rock twice and water gushed out. ( Numbers 20:2-13). What’s interesting is God’s response to this incident.
But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honour me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”
Moses lost the privilege of leading the children of Israel into the Promised Land because he failed to honour God. If you recollect, Moses’ original assignment/destiny was to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land.
There is another example of the consequence of dishonouring God, as recorded in 1 Samuel 2:27-32. The story is about a priest called Eli. God had chosen the lineage and ancestry of Eli to walk before Him forever and to serve as priests forever (what a mighty privilege) but Eli lost this privilege because he failed to honour God.
27 Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal myself to your ancestor’s family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh? 28 I chose your ancestor out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your ancestor’s family all the food offerings presented by the Israelites. 29 Why do you[a] scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honour your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’
30 “Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.’ But now the LORD declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honour me I will honour, but those who despise me will be disdained. 31 The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age, 32 and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.
Both stories illustrate the principle I would like to bring to your attention. Dishonouring God has consequences. In both cases, it was cutting short their divine destiny or assignment. As I was meditating on these two incidents, I realised that as God is unchanging so are His principles unchanging. The good news is that God promises to honour those who honour Him ( 1 Samuel 2:30).
There is a sense that we need to choose which path we would like to follow.Let us be people who honour God because to do otherwise, could have serious consequences. We do not want anything to stop or hinder the purpose of God for our lives.
Honouring God is important. I believe that this is such an important topic and I would be grateful for your feedback on the subject that can be shared with other believers. Please leave comments on our blog at www.christianbusinessmagazine.com.
I trust that this week’s post has been a blessing, so until I appear again in your inbox with more insight from the scriptures, stay blessed
Ola
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