FAITH CAPSULE: Do not assume what He has not called you to be.

Numbers 16
 
Engaging wrong assumption is wrong. There are times we assumed wrongly and come out of it without grave consequence. The grace of escape is not a license to make it our habit but it is a sign that a proper care has to be taken to avoid assuming wrongly. Frequent leaning on one’s own understanding is a free way to assuming wrongly. The word admonish in, Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.” Korah, Dathan and Abiram engaged a wrong assumption and they were eliminated in their assumption. When one assumes what he has not been called to be, one will become that which he hates to be. Numbers 16:1-3, “Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men; and they rose up before Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, representatives of the congregation, men of renown. They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, ’You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?’” In your church, home or among any of your gatherings or at your workplace, can any of your assumption be backed with action like that of Korah and his group or rebellious ones? Have you been thinking you can be of better service to the congregation than your pastor or your boss at work? Do not assume what He has not called you to be. The move of Korah was not a pleasurable one for Moses as he went before God and requested from God to show the difference between which He has called and those that are assuming he was not called. Moses requested from God to do the unusual that would determine and demonstrate who He called from the ones He did not called. Numbers 16: 31-33, “Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men with Korah, with all their goods. So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly.” What about not engaging wrong assumption anymore?

Prayer for today: Ask God to help you and deliver you from every wrong assumption in every area of your life so that your story will not be like that of Korah and his rebellious team.