Misplaced Zealousness

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. (Num 11:28)

One of a character quality of a meek man or woman is to desire the greater good of God’s people. There isn't any sense of exclusivity in gifts or callings but wish God’s best for all of His children. Gifts from God are for edification of the body and never to be regarded as standards of accolades of distinction or qualification. Spiritual maturity is  not is the accumulation or power demonstration of gifts, but it is a journey of faith and diminishing selfish desires so as to putting first Christ Kingdom at the highest consideration in everything.

Are we zealous for religion of zealous for God? It is easy to attach our affiliation and affection to a form spelled out in a creed or way of doing church. Did Jesus heal the blind the same way all the time? Our Lord was not concerned with the how, but with the Who. He lived with a desire to please the Father and do only that which He sees the Father do. It is easy to mimic man’s methods; it is a journey on a path less trodden which is sometimes painful to be disciplined by God. It is the meek that will inherit the greater things of the Kingdom (Matt 5:5).

Choices by Sight

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. (Gen 13:10)

When tensions arise and challenges abound the laziest way is to go with our senses. God doesn’t want us to be passive allowing situations to flow as though we leave our destiny to fate. He wants us to willingly decrease other affections that guide our senses and develop an internal or spiritual intuition. God doesn’t leave us alone to make decisions, hence He sent His Spirit or Comforter (John 14:17, 18). To allow fate to determine our destiny is to say that God isn’t sovereign or in control. But to have keen spiritual intuition is to know that He is the Good Shepherd Who lovingly guides His sheep in the realm His peace (Isa 9:6).

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (John 10:27)

What forms our hearing and by what filtering we have developed to ensure that what is heard is truly from God? Jesus says to follow Him, that is to faithfully do what is the little that we know and when the cross roads are faced there is a peace that passes all understanding overwhelming us that we know that we know He is gently leading us. One who makes choices according to senses would expect great demonstration of power, but His sheep will be able to shut that all out to listen to the still small voice (1 Kings 19:11, 12). A sensual person thrives on the spectacular; a sheep of Jesus Christ would be still in the midst of a storm and quietly listen.

Adopted as Sons

 
 

Ephesians 1:3-6
New King James Version (NKJV)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.