March 15                                        Num 4 - 6

AFTER REJECTION COMES DESTRUCTION

MEMORISE: ‘He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.’ (Prov 29:1)
READ: Romans 11: 13-23

Anyone God has rejected should prepare for what follows next, destruction. We can look at some cases in the Bible. When the Holy Spirit departed from king Saul, the vacuum was filled by evil spirits. When God rejects someone, that person will be in sorry shape. It is preferable not to have been used by God than to become an erstwhile vessel of honour. When God rejected Eli, he heard the news that led to his death: his two sons had died on the same day (1 Sam 4: 10-22). In fact, his daughter-in-law, who was about to deliver a child, was affected by the same tragic circumstance and named her child Ichabod, meaning “the glory has departed”; shortly before she died as well.

Judas Iscariot was a prominent disciple of Jesus Christ. He was one of the few who held a portfolio- treasurer. He healed the sick and cast out demons like the other disciples. After he was rejected, he hanged himself (Matt 27: 3-5). It is a dangerous thing to become an ex-minister, worker or servant of God. If you are currently engaged in the service of the Lord, take care, because just like Satan desired to have Peter, so does he desire to break your link with God and thereafter ensure your destruction. Nature abhors a vacuum. Immediately the Holy Spirit leaves a man, unclean spirits will move in. this means that at any point I time, you are filled with some spirit. But which spirit fills you? Holy!

Before God rejects a man, He warns him of his wrongdoing. Sometimes He may use others, or circumstances to warn him. He may even permit some low level reprisals to come to him. But if he continues to harden his heart, God will commence proceedings for this rejection. When God is done, it will be irreversible.

‘He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy’ (Prov 29:1). How seriously do you take God’s correction? Each time you disobey, God moves you one step closer to the point of rejection. Shun every sinful weight and wholly turn to him.

ACTION POINT
Plead with the Father for forgiveness for any way you have resisted Him.
Make your obedience complete from today.