FAITH CAPSULE: Zeal for God will zip man in a bundle of blessing which extends to his descendants.

Numbers 25

Zeal will set man right before God and settle man for greatness by God if such zeal is grounded on right principle. Jesus’ Zealous act in the temple was of a right principle. Jesus drove out those who engaged buying and selling in the temple by using whip of cords. (John 2:13-17)
Can you think and learn from a Zealousness that is grounded on a right principle through the pages of the bible? Zeal for God will provoke a great and lasting reward for the Zealous one. 
The act of Phinehas the son of Eleazar was a demonstration of a faithful act which testifies to man’s zealousness that was grounded on a right principle. (Number 25)
Once on the journey to the Promised Land, the children of Israel provoked the anger of the Lord against them when they joined to Baal of Peor. While they were facing the wrath for joining Baal Peor, “…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. Phinehas’ zealous response is recorded in Numbers 25:7-8 stating, “…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.” 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 zeal for God. As a result of Phinehas’ action, God responded to Phinehas’ zeal by 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 Point: Ask God that all the days He has given you shall be in addition with living Zealously for His name.