Numbers 22

FAITH CAPSULE: Get God committed by your work and walk in Him.
Jesus stated in Matthew 7:22-23, “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” Getting work done in His name for His name without walking in His ways gets no one recognized by Jesus when it is going to matter the most. In the church today and among many acclaimed believers, so many miracles and wonders are being done in the name of Jesus. However, many are not walking in the way that will make Jesus declare that He knows them.
When participation in the work of God is not backed by walking in His way one would miss it. Doing the work of God is God-enabled. God can use anyone or anything to get work done but walking His way is in obeying His commandments. Evidently, man needs God for attainment but God does not need any for His own attainment He is the Creator. God once used a donkey to get his work done. God needed to get the attention of Balaam but there was no response from Balaam. As a result, God used Balaam’s donkey as documented in Numbers 22:28, “Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” Jesus once declared what He could do with stones by stating,“I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.” (Luke 19:40) This statement of Jesus Indicated that stones could be made to serve in His purpose where any of His living creation is not available.
The way of God calls for more serious attention, for us not to miss heaven. Heaven is not accessible by titles. There are many title holders such as Prophets, Bishops, Apostles and Evangelists that are working wonders in the name of Jesus and probably walking outside of His ways by going astray in their hearts. Despite the wonderful works of God for the Israelites, God stated, “For forty years I was grieved with that generation and said, ‘it is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they do not know My ways.’ So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’” (Psalm 95:10) Not knowing the ways of God denies them to be known by God and they could not enter His rest.
Working but not walking in His way would lead into ugliness of not being identified by Jesus.

Prayer for today: Ask God to show you His way, that you may know Him and find grace in His sight.