Divine Guidance

‘And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee’ (Exodus 25:16).

The tablets with the Ten Commandments; a reminder of God’s guidance and His holy standard, was the first thing God commanded Moses to put in the Ark of the Covenant.  Why were they placed in the ark before the Jar of manna and Aaron’s rod (Num 17:1-4, Exod16:33-34)? There is no way a Christian can walk in divine authority and divine provision without divine guidance. Every miracle recorded in scripture, was God’s reaction to man’s action of obedience to a divine guidance. God told the people of Israel you will eat the fruit of the land if you are willing and obedient (Isaiah 1:19). 

Until a Christian allows God to be his shepherd, he will be in want. God our good shepherd knows where the green pastures and still waters are, but until you personally yield your will to Him and say, thy will be done, you may saunter everywhere twenty-four-seven and still be in lack. Remember, Peter and the other disciples toiled all night to catch fish to no avail, but by divine guidance they experienced a net breaking and boat sinking catch at the most unproductive hour (Luke 5:5).

Most of the chronic problems we have are rooted in chronic disobedience, not forgetting spiritual blindness and deafness. In Isaiah 42:18 God referred to His servants as being blind and deaf spiritually. God’s word is God’s way to His great acts. Your spirit man is energized and comes alive through the power of God’s word as you seek Him and meditate on His Word daily. Knowing God’s ways; understanding Him day by day through His Word, leads to knowing Him. Patriarchs like Abraham did not have any written Law of God, but experience God as a friend because of their hunger to know Him. Knowing Him; His voice, love, power etc leads to confidence in Him. This confidence in God and His word is what is termed as faith, and faith is the bridge that links man to the power of God.

The word was the foundation of the world and the Church. Remember, there was nothing that God Himself could do in creation without the word. Through the word of God or divine guidance the church will be built up, walking in divine authority and divine provision these last days. Until Zion (the Church) is built up, Christ will not return. Psalm 102:16 says ’when the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory’. Christ is returning for a glorified church.  As a Christian, you are the church. Are you walking in divine guidance, does the word of God have the highest authority in your life?

The good news is you can begin again if you have missed the mark in the past. The mercy seat was positioned on the ark, so it is above the contents of the ark including the tablets of commandments. The mercy of God is sufficient for you, begin again.