Day 20 - EXODUS 33:21,22,23 - CLEFT OF THE ROCK

Cleft in the rock means a crack or narrow opening or gap where hardly a human can enter.

 It can be dangerous for a person to be left or be hanging in the cleft of a rock.

God put Moses in the cleft of the rock but Covered him with His hand when He passed by.

For us In the Cleft of the rock experience can mean: 

💔1.a day of trouble.

💔2.conspiracies of people

💔3.strifes.

💔4.secret counsel of evildoers.

💔5. enemies .

💔6.gripping fear.

💔7.sunkeness.

💔8.Depression.

💔9..mental agony.

💔10.Danger of death.

     Vs21,22

*WHEN GOD IS BESIDE US WE CAN STAND ON THE ROCK BUT THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN HE WILL PUT US IN THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK TO REVEAL HIS GLORY*.

*HE WILL JUST PASS BY.*

*HE WILL COVER YOU WITH HIS HANDS.*

AND IF YOU FEEL HE HAS TAKEN AWAY HIS HANDS  OFF YOU OR WHEN YOU CANNOT SEE HIS FACE  REMEMBER HE IS AHEAD OF YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE HIS BACK .

Psalms 27:5,6

FOR in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavillion;in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me ;He shall set me high upon a rock.

And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me:therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;I will sing, yes,I will sing praises to the Lord.

So when God is putting us in the cleft of the rock He is deliberately doing it because He wants us to hide under the shelter of His wings so that no harm may befall us and finally we will be singing with joy and praises of Him.

Dear Children of God right now the present  World Scenario seems like a Cleft in the Rock.

Let us be ready to go through this experience only to allow God's Mighty Hand to bring us out of it. 

Amen !

God Bless you

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Day 19 Anointing Oil the Holy Spirit

 Exodus 30:22-25:- “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus, 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil. Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.”

This is God's recipe for the anointing kings and priests. 

He required five specific ingredients for this holy anointing oil. 

📍Myrrh

📍Cinnamon 

📍Calamus,

📍Cassia

📍olive oil 

 If we examine these five ingredients, we find a recipe to living an anointed life. 

Myrrh is a fragrance that comes from the trunk of a commiphora tree in Arabia. It's produced in the form of tears.

           Myrrh is a beautiful picture of MEEKNESS AND SUBMISSION; The number-one ingredient for an anointed life. 

 Meekness is not weakness. Meekness is strength for service.

 Cinnamon comes from a tree that grows 30 to 40 feet, and it grows remarkably straight.

To walk in God’s anointing we must STAND UPRIGHT.

It means standing for what is right, standing on the truth, living above reproach, but not judging those around you. 

Calamus, a reed that grows in swamps. It’s ready to be used when the head of the reed is bent over, almost in half. It speaks of bending low in humility.

It represent the *HUMILITY.* of life in an anointed life. 

Jesus demonstrated a level of humility that society at large doesn’t understand today.

When asked, “Who shall be greatest in your kingdom?” 

He essentially said, the one who is willing to kneel down and serve all.

Cassia produces a leaf called senna that, still today, is used for inner cleansing.

The fourth ingredient for an anointed life is cleansing. 

Every now and then, we  need to say, 

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139: 23-24).

Olive oil was used to cook food in ancient days; it fed them. They used it to bring rest and comfort by applying it to their feet after a long journey.  They used it to pour on wounds to bring healing.

And this olive oil symbolizes the Holy Spirit.Today, the Holy Spirit, the spirit of the Living God, which came to us after Christ ascended into Heaven, brings comfort, power, healing, and fills us so that we never hunger or thirst again.

If we want to walk in the anointing of God, to live in the fullness and power of His presence,we must be meek, upright, and humble. We  must ask God to search our heart and cleanse us, keep our life out of impurities that will hinder the anointing. And  we must seek the Holy Spirit, an active and daily filling of the Spirit of the Lord in our life.

Make it our prayer today to help us adjust our life to walk in His anointing, and ask Him to fill us well with His Holy Spirit.

God Bless you

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Day 18 Exodus 23:4-5 Praying changes our hearts.

Praying changes our hearts

Exodus 23:4-5:- “If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to take it back to him. If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure to help him with it.” 

 in Exodus 23, God continues to give instruction to his people. on how they should live their lives. 

In verse 4, the command to do good for your enemy was important. 

It showed that goodness and kindness in Israel was not only required for those one liked and loved, but to all.

We live in a very critical society.

We all have people in our lives who irritate or annoy us. 

There are those who intentionally or unintentionally hurt us.

We are told to love God with all our hearts, souls and minds, but we are also told to love our enemies.

We have two basic choices when someone does wrong to us. . 

📍Do wrong back to them. Or, 

📍Return good for evil

If we fight back, then they will have a valid excuse to continue mistreating us. Is that what we want? 

If not, then the intelligent choice is to return good for evil. 

Love your enemies until they become our friends.

But,.... How is it possible to Love our Enemies?

Hating an enemy is what comes natural.

We aren’t able to love our enemies without the help of God.

We can only love our enemies by trusting God to help us.

Praying is an act of Love. We can always pray for our enemies.

Praying changes our hearts.

God Bless you

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Day 17 Ex 18 – 22 A Kingdom of Royal Priests for God

Priestly Kingdom

Ex : 19:6  “You shall be for me, a priestly kingdom and a holy nation”.

1 Pet 2 : 9 “ You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. Gods’ own people”. 

In Christ, we are a holy nation of royal priests.  We are chosen to be God’s own possession and He created us to be “royal priests” for Him. We have to serve God with all our heart, but priesthood goes beyond simply going to church, reading the Bible, and sharing the Gospel. 

What does it means to be a “priest” of God?

The scriptures tells us that all those who are in Christ are His royal priests. In the Old Covenant, under the Mosaic Law, it was the tribe of Levi who served as priests for the entire nation of Israel. But this was not God’s original intention for His people. Even in those days, He looked forward to a day when He would have an entire nation of priests. (Ex: 19:5-6)

 As royal priests, we have priestly duties…

1.To serve the people.  Priests serve the church community. Even Jesus (who is referred to as our High Priest) humbly washed the feet of His disciples. We have to serve others without any expectation to be served in return.

2.To intercede on behalf of others.  When we intercede in prayer, we are “intervening” on behalf of someone else. We intercede for their healing, their restoration, or their salvation. Very easily our prayer lives become self-focused but God wants us to prayer for those around us.

3. To offer spiritual sacrifices. Heb 13: 15-16 tells us to lift up sacrifices of praise to  God. Under Mosaic Law, the priests offered animal sacrifices to God, but Jesus put an end to that system on the cross, becoming our ultimate sacrifice once and for all. Now we have the privilege of offering spiritual sacrifices to our Father by surrendering all we have to Him.

4.To share the priesthood with others:  Being a nation of priests, we are not alone in our priesthood. We get to share our duties with all those who are part of the Kingdom of God.  Our crucial duty is to lead others into the Kingdom, creating a larger nation of priests!

5.To live set apart.  The Levites, the chosen priests of Israel, were set apart to perform the priestly duties and led a different life than the people they served. In the same way, we are called to be holy and set apart for God.

6.To proclaim God’s goodness.  As royal priests, we have the privilege of proclaiming the Good News to the world. Our God is an awesome God indeed!

7.To spend time in the presence of God. Prior to Christ, only the High Priest could enter the Holy of Holies where God’s presence dwelt. (only once a year)  When Christ died, the veil was torn in two allowing all to enter and approach the Father. 

The scriptures tells us, we are the temple of the Holy Spirit because the presence of God now lives inside each one of us.

As royal priests, we have direct access to the presence of God and are empowered by Him to carry out all our priestly duties.

A Great Blessing bestowed by God upon each one of us. Amen.

Day 16 Exodus 15 - Let's Singing and Dancing

Singing and Dancing 

The first song in the Bible is the Song of Moses, found in Exodus 15.

 Israel had been living as slaves for 400 years in Egypt. And then God delivered them through miracles and plagues and then protected them from their army by dividing the red sea. They could walk triumphantly on the dry land. After that, they were celebrating the victory of God by singing and dancing. 

So, we see singing and dancing is biblical.

 Moses seemingly wrote the song and led them; because we see Moses as a song writer in Psalm 90 too. When Moses and Israelites sang songs praising the Lord and His victory and Miriam and the women danced. 

The first verse says, “I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.” The same verse is repeated by Miriam in verse 21. So repeating the song sang by someone became a practice in Israel. 

As the Song of Moses is the first song in the Bible; remarkably, it’s also one of the last. In Revelation 15, we read about a worship set in Heaven; it says they sing two songs: The Song of the Lamb, and the Song of Moses.

Heaven is still singing the Song of Moses. The holy angels in heaven are singing songs written by lowly man on earth. .” 

Psalm 96:1 says, “Sing to the Lord a new song.” So, if the Lord has given you the talents to compose new songs, please do it. 

The Lord has done great miracles in our lives too. Why don’t we glorify the Lord with our singing and dancing as Moses, Miriam and Israelites did?

God Bless you

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Day 15 - Exodus 14 Our God is Great and Mighty

Exodus 14:10:- “The sons of Israel looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord.”

God miraculously delivered the Israelites from Egypt and guided them as they set out on their journey. 

What happens next?

The Israelites were trapped. 

The Egyptian army chased them, and the Israelites ended up stuck at the Red Sea. 

There was no way out. 

The Red Sea was in front of them, and the Egyptians were chasing them from behind. 

They could either go forward and be drowned in the Red Sea, or they could turn back and be slaughtered by the Egyptian army.

Here the Red Sea is  like a closed future for the Israelites. 

Have you ever felt like you don’t know what to do next? Like you’re in front of a sea?  You feel stuck, like you’re paralyzed, insecure and unsure of your next step.

 

Do you ever fear the future because you have no idea what you’re supposed to do?

I had, and the feeling is not a good one.But as Mosses told the Israelites in Exodus 14:13-14, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today.” As God was with the Israelites, God is intentional in all that he does. That night, over one million people crossed the Red Sea on dry land.

*Our God is so great and mighty!* 

*Our Lord can handle any problems.* 

*Believe, have faith and trust the Lord to part our Red Sea of circumstances!*

God Bless you

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Day: 15 Exodus: 10-14 The Exodus

THE OF EXODUS

 Tell Your Children?

 Exodus 10.1-2

Although God’s miracles did not soften the king’s heart, they did show the Israelites how powerful God really was, God told Moses the Israelites needed to tell their children about these miracles so future generations would know about God's love and power. 

It is up to us to make sure that future generations know about God's miracles and His love for us. Whether or not? 

-We HAVE children of our own, we should do all we can to get God’s Word into the hearts and minds of children.

-We SHOULD share with them how God has worked in our lives. 

We MUST tell them what God can do in their lives, too. We can read the Bible to them or tell them some Bible stories.

Most of all, we can love all children as God does.

A Night to Remember

 Exodus 12.24-25

The Passover was not to be observed just this one time in Egypt. It was also to be celebrated each year after the Israelites had reached the land God had promised them. God wanted his people to remember this night forever because he wanted them to remember how he rescued them from bondage.

 Holidays such as Passover, Good Friday, Easter, and Christmas are good times for us to remember what God has done for us.

 These special times are also excellent opportunities for parents to teach their children about the LORD’S goodness and faithfulness to His people.

 Which Way Is Best?

 Exodus 13.17-22

The Shortest path from Egypt to Canaan was a sandy, desert route. The Israelites could have made the trip in two or three weeks by taking this path, but God didn’t lead them on the easiest, most convenient route. Instead, He took them on a longer trip to protect His people. No doubt, the Israelites who knew geography wondered about the wisdom of God’s leadership. By human standards, this route made no sense.

God was laying an inescapable trap for the Egyptians. He was also preparing another exciting display of His power to rescue his people.

God does not always work in the way that seems easiest to us. Many times, the road He leads us on is not the shortest, or the most comfortable, or the most convenient.

God looks at the trip from an eternal viewpoint. He sees where we were yesterday, where are today, and where we will be tomorrow. 

God is our only true guide. Amen

God Bless you

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