God has Purpose in mind not your Preference!
The extra miles the Israelite's took those 40 years weren’t for their punishment they were His provision for them so that their character could be formed, so they could learn faith, trust and obedience.
God's way doesn't always seem like the best way — that is, if you define the best way as the shortest, most comfortable, most convenient way. Many times God's way is none of those things.
Instead of leading you the short way to what you want, God will often lead you the long way to what you need.
The extra miles the Israelite's took those 40 years weren’t for their punishment they were His provision for them so that their character could be formed, so they could learn faith, trust and obedience.
God's way doesn't always seem like the best way — that is, if you define the best way as the shortest, most comfortable, most convenient way. Many times God's way is none of those things.
Instead of leading you the short way to what you want, God will often lead you the long way to what you need.
It may not be the easiest, but it will be the most purposeful.
The way of disobedience to the King will lead us out of the will of God, away from our purpose and remove us from our position.
I take this message from the book of Esther.
She became the Queen of the most powerful king of the times who ruled over 127 Provinces from India to Ethiopia. Her husband the King had big influence and was a trend setter of his time. Today he would have been likened to the President of the US and his wife would have been likened to the First Lady so we know she still has influence.
The King is celebrating, I mean really celebrating. The party lasted 6 months. His wife the queen gets to have her own party then he calls for her and she refuses the King. But if you refuse the King you lose your position, authority, influence, money….. all the good stuff… all the God stuff.
She was to set the model of correct behavior for all the other females, wives, young and old, leaders and eventually the 127 provinces.
So will the King. For whatever He tolerates He endorses.
Numbers 30:6-8 (NIV) “If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself 7 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. 8 But if her husband forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that obligates her or the rash promise by which she obligates herself, and the Lord will release her."
We can see then from the Biblical Pattern that the King has authority over his wife in the Kingdom. Don’t shut me down now because you haven’t heard the end of the message.
If a Queen has bad character she will use other means to get her way:
She escalated to full throttle which was a pure sign of arrogance.
This public display required a public decree.
Instead of being thankful she was the Queen of a great man of influence. She defied Him in public.
If it hadn’t been His wife He could have had her publically executed. Actually had her head cut off…. but having loved her and been married to her made things complicated…..
However it was a "Pace Setting" situation that had to be dealt with or it could have ruined the Kingdom.
So the King had to do what was necessary for the Kingdom.
So we see in Chapter 2, He cut off her influence.
She was no longer allowed in His presence.
Disobedience is not worth being cut off from the King.
Obedience brings the blessing even if it’s not your personal preference for it can preserve your character and thereby insure you fulfill your purpose.
The way of disobedience to the King will lead us out of the will of God, away from our purpose and remove us from our position.
I take this message from the book of Esther.
She became the Queen of the most powerful king of the times who ruled over 127 Provinces from India to Ethiopia. Her husband the King had big influence and was a trend setter of his time. Today he would have been likened to the President of the US and his wife would have been likened to the First Lady so we know she still has influence.
The King is celebrating, I mean really celebrating. The party lasted 6 months. His wife the queen gets to have her own party then he calls for her and she refuses the King. But if you refuse the King you lose your position, authority, influence, money….. all the good stuff… all the God stuff.
She was to set the model of correct behavior for all the other females, wives, young and old, leaders and eventually the 127 provinces.
So will the King. For whatever He tolerates He endorses.
Numbers 30:6-8 (NIV) “If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself 7 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. 8 But if her husband forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that obligates her or the rash promise by which she obligates herself, and the Lord will release her."
We can see then from the Biblical Pattern that the King has authority over his wife in the Kingdom. Don’t shut me down now because you haven’t heard the end of the message.
If a Queen has bad character she will use other means to get her way:
- Manipulation
- Private Ridicule
- Public embarrassment
- Public Defiance
She escalated to full throttle which was a pure sign of arrogance.
This public display required a public decree.
Instead of being thankful she was the Queen of a great man of influence. She defied Him in public.
If it hadn’t been His wife He could have had her publically executed. Actually had her head cut off…. but having loved her and been married to her made things complicated…..
However it was a "Pace Setting" situation that had to be dealt with or it could have ruined the Kingdom.
So the King had to do what was necessary for the Kingdom.
So we see in Chapter 2, He cut off her influence.
She was no longer allowed in His presence.
Disobedience is not worth being cut off from the King.
Obedience brings the blessing even if it’s not your personal preference for it can preserve your character and thereby insure you fulfill your purpose.
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