| Written by ola aroyehun,
on Sunday 03/06/11
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What if they had gone to visit their neighbour? Excuse the headline for this week’s post but as most of you know I am going somewhere with this. The reason I actually chose this headline was because my mind wandered to this case scenario but on thinking about it further, there is a serious lesson to be learnt.
I was thinking about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt on the night of their deliverance. They had been instructed to put blood on the lintel and the two doorposts. Then after doing this, they were instructed not to go out ( Exodus 12:22-23)
‘None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. 23 When the LORD goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down’
One of the lessons I learnt from this passage is that sometimes God gives specific instructions for specific times and they are to be obeyed. Can you imagine one of the Israelites visiting one of their nice neighbours to say a last minute goodbye or perhaps, some had gone in search of some memorabilia from Egypt etc. People might be tempted to do different things on that night but the instruction was clear: to stay indoors.
This then also brought me to a New Testament example. This incident took place between the resurrection and ascension of Jesus and it is recorded in Acts 1:4. And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; Jesus commanded them not to leave Jerusalem.
They were not to know when the Holy Spirit was going to be poured. With the benefit of hindsight, we know it was 40 days later but can you imagine people deciding to go and attend to some other business during that period.
Everyone who stayed indoors as instructed experienced the gift of the Holy Spirit ( Acts 2:3). “Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them”.
There are of course times that we need to attend to other business but there are times that we need to obey the specific instruction for that specific moment. That’s the key and the point that I would like to draw your attention to. We need to be spiritually alert to know when we are being given specific instructions and the knowledge to know what to do.
In both of these instances, God sent Moses and Jesus to give instructions. God can either give those who are spiritually mature in the Lord instructions to give to us or he might choose to speak to us ourselves or choose whatever format communication He likes.
The point is that we need to be alert and spiritually attune to what He is doing and saying. Remember God is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Another interesting thing is that both of these instructions were beneficial for the people. Oh! May we not miss our day of instructions and visitation but be in the right place at the right time to receive the right blessings.
I trust that you have been blessed by this short post, so until I appear again in your inbox with more insight from the scriptures, stay blessed
Ola
Last update : Sunday 03/06/11
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