THEME: SCHEMING; NOT ALLOWED
Memorise:
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,
dividing to every man severally as he will.
1 Corinthians 12:11
Read: Numbers 16:8-14
8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of
Levi:
9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of
Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to
bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle
of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to
minister unto them?
10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy
brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the
priesthood also?
11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are
gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that
ye murmur against him?
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of
Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a
land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the
wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince
over us?
14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that
floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of
fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these
men? we will not come up.
Message
In Numbers 16, we read of a highly explosive rebellion that
rocked God's people in the wilderness. Some leaders were
not satisfied with the level of assignment God had
apportioned to them. Instead of going through Moses to
God to ask if there could be an expansion of their job
description, they began to eye the priesthood. They
wondered how God could give them so little an assignment
considering their zeal to serve Him. How could some other
people be chosen as the priests when they were there? At
some point, they succeeded in convincing 250 popular
leaders, who were princes, to favour their cause. What
started like a joke had become a great revolt. In the end, the
Lord Himself stepped in and delivered judgement to all
concerned.
From this story, we should learn to be content with
whatever God gives to us. God gives talents to every person
according to their abilities. The Holy Spirit is in charge of
assigning job descriptions to the children of God. 1
Corinthians 12:11 says:
"But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,
dividing to every man severally as he will."
He is in charge of God's vineyard, and so He is the One to
give you the portion you should work on. Also, He will give
you the required ability and the spiritual stamina to perform
the assignment. Someone may say, "I am still an ordinary
altar minister, whereas by now I should have become a
zonal pastor." The Holy Spirit knows why you are where you
are.
You can be sure that when you need to occupy a higher
office than where you are now, He will take you there.
However, to move up the ladder in God's Kingdom is not by
acts of the flesh but by the will of the Spirit. You are not
permitted to seek higher office by scheming out your leader
in order to take his place. Some people do this and succeed
in replacing their leader, but they are completely outside of
God's plan and out of their divine assignment. They are no
longer in God's employment; they now serve their own
bellies at best or the devil at worst. Any work done by such
ecclesiastical rogues will never attract any reward from
Heaven, because the foundation of that service is not the
Holy Spirit. If they ever make it to Heaven, they will be told
"You worked for yourself and not for God, so go and reward
yourself."
Key Point:
Many leaders are operating in God's permissive will, outside
of His perfect will. That God has not stopped you from
following your inordinate ambitions does not mean He
approves or supports your actions.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: EXODUS 25-25 and ROMANS
11:25-12:8
AUTHOR: Pastor Enoch Adejare ADEBOYE
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