Will of God

Fear of the Lord is a great helper to know the will of God. David did not kill Saul. No one told him that "not killing Saul" is God's will. Only fear of the Lord taught him not to touch Saul. 

1. By his appointed

God's will should be done by the one who was appointed by God. David was appointed by God but it was not for building a temple. He was not right person for that task. Yet he was appointed by God to be a king over Israel. Building a temple is only for his son Solomon. It was God's will. A task requires to enquire God to see who was appointed for that particular talk. God's will should be done by God's appointed.

2. In his time
God's will should be done in God's time. A man sowed wheat. But the enemy sowed weeds in his absence. When the wheat has grown up, the weeds also showed up. The servants were angry. They wanted to pull them off. The wise thing they did was to ask their master before they do any thing. The master said, "not now". He did not say "no". There is a day that he is going to pull them off. It was his will but should be done in his "time". (Matt. 13:24-30)

3. In his way
God's will should be done in His way. David wanted to bring Ark of the Covenant into the city. He discussed with many of them. It seems good to them. They moved on to bring the Ark. David is the man after God's own heart but he doesn't know the way how to bring. The Ark has to be carried on the shoulders of the Levites. He brought them on a new cart. I see a great love in David's heart but a lack of knowledge. As we know the feet of the oxen was slipped, Uzza stretched his hand to hold the Ark and he died. Celebration turned into a sad story. There is no lack of godliness but the knowledge was lacking. This did cost a life. 2Sam. 6:1-7

Ex. 30:17-21 Laver

You want to wash your hands before you eat. You dont take bathe before you eat because you already had a bath. Laver talks about cleansing.

1. Repentance and forgiveness
John the baptist was not teaching on baptism. His teaching was on repentance and forgiveness.

2. Roots and fruits
John called them brood of vipers. When he said brood, he was talking about their roots. When he said go and show the fruits of repentance he was talking about fruits.

Peter asked the Lord why he was washing his feet. Jesus said that if he doesnt wash then he has no part in him. Then Peter replied "then wash my head also". Then Jesus said, "the one bathed has no need to bath again, just washing hands and feet will do".

A man who is baptized has no need to take baptism again if he sins. He can repent.

3. Fruits and roots
He said every tree that doesnt give fruits will be cut off because the axe is at the roots. 

Covenant (your part before expecting God's part)

Exod 34:10 "Then the Lord said, “Now I’m going to make a covenant. Before all your people I’ll do miraculous deeds that haven’t been done in all the earth or in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it’s an awesome thing that I’ll do with you."

A covenant is made between two parties. After the covenant is made, until i am not committed to my part, other party is not committed to their part. In the next verse he said to Moses to do his part, that is to obey his command and then He will do his part that is to drive out the six nations that live in Canaan. 

(Exod 34:11 "Obey what I am commanding you today. I’ll drive out from before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.")

But all those nations are the puppets. The actual power that was behind them was the Satan. James said to resist the devil he will flee from us. Though you resist him, you resist him in the name of Jesus, thus this is God's part. What is your part in this before God does his part?. Before James said to resist the devil, he said, "Therefore, submit yourselves to God..." 4:7

Is there any thing that is not happening in your life, though you have been doing all spiritual things? May be what you have been expecting is connected to the covenant. So it may not happen until you do your part. What would be your part in this particular situation?

Det Proverbs

1.  Loneliness engages the mind.
2. Love covers multitude of sins, and not all sins.
3.  Love endures all things but does not accept all things.
4. Some are stolen after you own them and some before you own them. Both need your watching.
5. Devil tried to steal Joseph's crown before he owns it and he ran from there and secured it. 
6. Fear of the Lord is the password of God's will.
7. Overwhelmed boss takes your explanation as a complaining. 
8. Sheep needs the leader in front of them, and the cattle behind them.
9. Feeling is the fetus of a song. Heart is the womb. Mind is the nurse.
10. Sheep waits crying, coin waits silently, sons should not wait since Father is waiting.
11. Faith can send worship & prayer to Goliath but it cannot go by itself. 
12. When it comes to war, prayerless is counted faithless.
13. Faith will win either prayed or paid. So if you wage war obtain guidance.
14. Word was spoken many times to create many. To revolve continually, earth doesn't need a continuously speaking.
15. Continuity in what you do is actually programming your body. 
16. Clarity in your tasks helps you to keep up your due love with others.
17. A sneaky boss announces your work and never your free time
18. Four wheels of a car often experience rest, and stepney has to be available 24 hours a day.
19. God is nearer to those who pray. And those who don't pray when he is nearer might lose him.
20. Promises are given easily, but they never easily manifest in your life.

Det Proverbs 2 Det Preverbs 3,

Ex 32:1 Leader' delay-a negative result

Being late brings some negative results. Either it is from God or from people, it brings negative results. If God is late he can give a compensation. But if we do late, some times the payment would be more than we can bear. The spirits under altar cried out to the Lord, "...How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? Rev. 6:10. But it was God. He can wipe their tears off. 

For Abraham God might be late but in God's calendar he is on right time. In the mean time Abraham became father of Ishmael, which is a negative result. Some times God delays like he did in the case of Lazarus. 

One of the negative result is "eat & drink". There is nothing wrong in eating and drinking. But here in Exodus 32, people opened their mouth not because they are hungry but they became perverts. When a leader, Moses here, made late they started to eat and drink and dance before the golden calf.

Jesus said before his coming people would be like the people in the time of Noah. What were they doing? They were eating and drinking, marrying, building their houses etc. There is nothing wrong to eat. God said that he will satisfy you with best wheat. But eating and drinking is not the kingdom of God.

Jesus said to Peter that a servant would turn to be a pervert and start to eat and drink and then beat up his fellow servants. (Luke 12:45)

Another negative result is that delay produces delay. When delay is produced by you into your own life, you would be wondering why, with all your talents and gifts, not developing as much as other Christians do. Its not that you are without gifts but you are lazy. Whatever the reason for your delaying, you should know that your delay produces delay. 

Ex. 32

When God came down to fulfill the promise Moses asked God what was his name. Then the Lord said that his name is I AM. The name I AM has to do with promise. Jesus said, I am the bread of life. All I ams of the Lord are connected to promises.

If people knew about promises of the Lord, we can see less murders, envys, fights and people experience peace.

If you are not led to I AM, at the end you got to say "how wretched I am"

Time accountability

God gave a time to three people. Those three are Ahab, Elijah and his disciple.

1. Entertain- Ahab's time

Elijah told Ahab to eat and be merry. He was given time to celebrate. 

2. Educate-  Elijah servant's time

Elijah told his servant to go and check if there is any cloud. 

3. Execute- Elijah's time

Elijah was executing in prayer to see the promise visible.