October 2018

Order

In Genesis chapter one we see God creating order from chaos ( the earth was tohu and bohu.) Creation or re-creation (as some would propose) began with darkness and chaos. God brought light and order by way of separations.

The idea that God is not a God of order and requires us to not have order to be spiritual is not Biblical. The meaning for the word council in Hebrew (etsa) that we find in Isaiah chapter eleven verse two has the idea of putting someone’s life in order.

Humans are not as orderly as God – in fact we can be quite chaotic. It is humanity’s endeavor to get in step with God’s Spirit. This actually brings order not chaos as God has everything planned out.

When God is moving it can appear chaotic however everything is really in order. Everything is orchestrated and planned like every note of a symphony. Under God’s conducting what He has planned is accomplished.

There is this concept that we are supposed to live our whole lives spontaneously and not attempt to order it and this is being spiritual. We do want to be in step with the Spirit, however we still need to do things orderly to function in the physical world (like driving by the rules)…

Love One Another

There is an ancient story about the apostle John’s last sermon. They brought him in on a cot and he only said four words: children love one another. The Holy Spirit fell on the people in that meeting and many were convicted and crying. His last sermon was about love.

What does it mean to love? The root word for the Hebrew word for love ahava, is “hav.” Hav means to give: God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son. First Corinthians 13 states that you can give all of your goods to the poor and if you don’t have love it profits you nothing. You can give and not love but you cannot love and not give. What is the missing ingredient? The missing ingredient is giving for nothing in return. How do we give to one another?

We are told by the Apostle Paul – in honor to prefer one another affectionately with brotherly love (Rom. 12:10.) Jesus bowed down and washed his disciples feet. God the father bows down to relate to us. He humbles Himself to look upon the heavens and the earth yet comes and ministers (speaks) to us. The word for bless in Hebrew means to kneel. When God blesses us He kneels down and ministers to us. When we bless others we kneel down (in our hearts) and serve (prefer) them and when we have the right motive we do it for nothing in return. As Yeshua said: The greatest among us is the servant of all.