FAITH CAPSULE: Seek God diligently and become exceedingly rewarded by God.
Numbers 25
Demonstrating faith is zealousness. Zealousness in man is rooted is seeking God diligently. Hebrews 11:6 buttress, “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” To be zealous for God is pleasing to God it is evidence of fear for God. Through the Bible, ones that please Him are the ones He places high with blessing. Are you zealous for God by your action or by the word of mouth? None can ever please God with word of the mouth which is not backed up with action. It is worthy to seek God diligently. Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, was diligent seeking God and God exceedingly positioned him with blessing.
Once on the journey to the Promised Land, the children of Israel provoked the anger of the Lord by joining to Baal of Peor while they were facing the wrath for their sin, “…One of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.” (Numbers 25:6) The point here is that, they had not gotten over the consequences of one sin when they began to engage another sin through a fellow in their mist. In response, “…Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand; and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel.” (Numbers 25:7-8)
Phinehas action, provoked God and God spoke to Moses, “…Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal…” (Numbers 25:11) Phinehas could not sit back and compromise with wrong doing in the presence of God. Phinehas went forward with a demonstration of his zealousness for God. As a result of Phinehas’ action, God responded to Phinehas’ zeal zipping him in a bundle of blessing which extends to his descendants. God spoke through Moses, “…Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace; and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God…’” (Numbers 25:12-13) God is the benevolent rewarder of those that seek Him with their all.If you desire His zeal, ask for it in prayer and He will deposit that passion in you.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be full of zeal for His name.