Faith Capsule: God is a God of order and His children should maintain order in every area of life.

2 Kings 20

Hardly there is any area of living life that does not demand to engage orderliness. The book of Leviticus recorded about having order in burnt offering to God when it stated, “And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.”
The children of Israel could not engage their journey to God’s land of promise without orderliness. The Israelites started their journey according to the command of the Lord through Moses. The Bible testifies to orderliness in their journey stating, “Thus was the order of march of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they began their journey.” (Numbers 10:28) Without doubt, orderliness is among God’s character. As a child of the Most High God; created in His image, are you engaging life in an orderly manner?
After King Ahaz, Hezekiah came to power and did what was right before his God. Hezekiah cleansed the temple and restored service back the way it should be. The Bible testified of Hezekiah, “So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.” (2 Chronicles 29:35) Orderliness was restored and joy, peace and life returned to the land. Evidently, setting things in order often result to joy and peace. It does not matter how long you have maintained orderliness, when orderliness fails all area that pertains to life is bound to fail. Hezekiah started his reign great and it was recorded, “…he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done.” (2 Chronicles 29:2) However, in the later part of his reign he fell sick and it was a sickness unto death. It is written, “In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, ‘thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.’” (2 Kings 20:1) Hezekiah’s house was not in order and he resulted to untimely death. God is a God of order and His children should maintain order in every area of life. Hezekiah turned back to God and humbled himself and God returned to restore him back to life. Whatever belongs to you and has now been taken away could be the result of the lack of orderliness. Are you taking to your Christian journey in a disorderly manner? Allow Spirit of God to lead and do not attempt to lead the Spirit of God.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you from the spirit that causes disorder in the life of man.