FAITH CAPSULE: Fulfilling God’s order will always result to a fitting fulfillment.
Matthew 3
God is a God of order. His order is His command which should never be violated. Orderliness is always the evidence of preparation and with preparation provision cannot be denied. When there is no preparation, expectation will not prevail. Without expectation, the kind of transformation that terminates challenges is nowhere to be found. The bible documents the successful journey of Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem as the result of God’s hand upon Ezra. The hand of God was possible upon Ezra because Ezra prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel. (Ezra 7:9-10) The point here is one that prepares will always be in line of orderliness. It is true that where there is preparation there will be provision, meaning expectation shall come to manifestation.
Are you prepared to place your life in order according to the word of God? Daniel prepared when he purposed not to defile himself with the portion of the King’s delicacies, or with wine which he drank. (Daniel 1:8) He could not be lead off of his purpose in life by not disengaging himself from living life out of God’s order for his life. Fulfilling all righteousness is doing the will of God. A man whose life is not in order engages the danger of not living a fulfilled life. Daniel, by the grace of God upon his life might have realized the danger of falling out of Gods order and end up life without fulfilling that which the Lord called him for.
Living life in order to fulfill God’s divine agenda for man cannot be compromised by any or under any circumstances. Jesus, our Lord and Savior lived by example to buttress the need for engaging orderliness for fulfillment.
At the Jordan, when Jesus came to be baptized according to God’s order of fulfillment, John the Baptist tried to prevent Jesus from being baptized by him. Jesus responded to John the Baptist, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” (Matthew 3:15) Without living life in order, it can be almost impossible to live a fulfilled life. Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith fulfilled orderliness. In Jesus’ response to John, we see the need to know and be able to deny any potential agent of derailment in the line of fulfilling orderliness. Jesus denied John the Baptist’s attempt not to baptize Him. Fulfilling God’s order by placing our life in His order will always result to a fitting fulfillment. A failure to place life in order will hunt and hurt any of His creation that chooses not to live life in order of His command.
Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to be fully engaged in orderliness for God’s glory.