“Order From Above”
Saturday, February 15, 2025Key Verse
“And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother” (Genesis 35:1).
Text —Genesis 35:1-7
Message
In this study, we see the command of God on Jacob to go back to Bethel. It was not a call from Laban, his uncle and father-in-law, but from above – Jehovah El-Shaddai. Obedience to God’s call requires courage, faith, and promptness. All these Jacob displayed as he motivated and mobilized his family for a journey that would change their destiny forever. According to T. D. Jakes, “Obedience to God’s call is the key to unlocking your destiny.”
Jacob promptly obeyed the order from above to relocate from the arena of sin, to a holy place where he would serve Him with his family. He went further by ensuring that, “…all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears…” were buried in the worldly and idolatrous Shechem before his full exit. Are you comfortable with any property of the world in your possession? Are you being lured into the assemblies where ungodly practices are incorporated into God’s worship? The order from above is still the same: “…come out from among them, and be ye separate…”
Quote
Obedience to God’s call requires courage
Challenge
If the order is from God, obey promptly.
Prayer for today
Lord, grant me the grace to obey You without delay.