The glory of God is His miraculous power

1. Apostle Moses directly linked the glory of the Lord with the miraculous

Yesterday we saw from New Testament that the glory of the Lord Jesus is eternal, powerful, miraculous, rich, majestic and brilliant, shining Light. We too are changed into the glorious image of the Lord as we gaze into His face, like Moses did in the Mount Sinai.  Today, I will explore the Old Testament scriptures to see how the glory of the Lord is revealed.  Apostle Moses was the first person to directly link to the glory of the Lord with the miraculous. When the Jews became hungry in the wilderness and murmured against the Lord, the Lord told Moses that He would “rain bread from heaven”.  Bread coming from the sky? Wow!!! Wait a minute, though. The Lord revealed His glory in response to the peoples’ murmurings and not their intercessions – let’s not push Him:

And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no … (Ex 16: 3,4)

And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory (H3519/kabowd) of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what [are] we, that ye murmur against us? 

And Moses said, [This shall be], when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what [are] we? your murmurings [are] not against us, but against the LORD.

And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.

And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory (H3519/kabowd) of the LORD appeared in the cloud (Ex 16: 7-10)

2. The glorious Lord appeared in the cloud

Yesterday we learnt from the New Testament that the Lord Himself is glorious. Exodus points us to the truth that the cloud is not the glory. The glory is the presence of the Lord hidden in the cloud and the miraculous power of God which is then revealed. God is superlatively able to do what seems impossible to man:

And in the morning, then ye shall SEE the glory (H3519/kabowd) of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: … behold, the glory (H3519/kabowd) of the LORD appeared in the cloud, and the Lord spake unto Moses…”

Moses told the people that they would see the glory of the Lord.  In fact, he told them to “come near before the Lord”.  The glorious Lord then appeared in the cloud and He spoke to Moses. He had cloaked Himself with the cloud, hiding from the people.  Was anyone apart from Moses able to hear His voice?  Moses had face to face contact, but the people, while able to see the cloud, did not know the Lord in the cloud.

The glory of the Lord was also the promise that His miraculous power would be revealed in the provision of bread to feed the people. The glory of the Lord was the revelation of His power to do the seemingly impossible in a most barren place.  He sent angels’ food (Ps 78: 25) from heaven for provision in the wilderness. Furthermore, the Israelites could only gather a particular volume daily and the volume they  were allowed to harvest was doubled the day before their sabbath.

The most amazing thing to me, however, is that most of these people saw the glory of the Lord even in Egypt, yet perished in the wilderness because of unbelief

Coming up!

3. The cloud in which the Lord appeared

Blessings!

 

Multiplication is a miracle

These words were spoken to my spirit as I meditated in the early hours of the morning.  One does not need to have much to operate in the miracle of multiplication. As I ponder on the miracles of multiplication in the bible, I noticed several commonalities. There is usually a prophetic word, a prophet, someone with the resources who must relinquish these resources in order for the miracle to take place.

1. The prophetic word

God already gave the word that He wants mankind to flow in the anointing of multiplication. His word stands forever and we do not need to ask for permission to work this miracle.

2. You do not need to have much in order to work the miracle of multiplication

This truth emerges in Abraham’s life. God promised him offspring in whom all the nations of the earth would be blessed. He also promised to multiply Abraham’s seed and make them like the stars of heaven and the sand of the sea. God told Abraham that Isaac was the child to whom this promise referred. How did God multiply the faith of Abraham through Isaac?

The widow of Zarepath had only one meal left. The little boy had five loaves and two fishes. God had one begotten Son, yet now has many sons. How did this happen?

2. To multiply means to transfer your anointing, faith and values into another

Abraham had one son Isaac who in turn had only two. However, Isaac needed to possess all that was in his father Abraham in order for the promise to be fulfilled. An examination of Isaac’s life will reveal that he had learnt the faith of his father because he:

• was  a man of prayer – Gen 24: 63; Gen 25: 21
• walked with God – Gen 26: 1-6
• believed God’s promise- Gen 26: 6
• received the anointing to prosper and received an hundredfold when he sowed in the land God told him to live in  – Gen 26: 12
• was a wise investor, digging wells as his father Abraham had done – Gen 26: 18.
• worshipped – Gen 26: 23-26

Isaac had apparently been blessed by his father Abraham because we see him transferring the same anointing to his sons by blessing them. The principle of transfer into the seed or the resource emerges in Gen 26: 7-11 which shows that Isaac had copied Abraham’s lie to the Philistines, telling them that Rebekah was his sister.  Even his rationale for telling the lie ws the same as his father’s. This is the reason the apostle particularly needs  to  continually ask God to cleanse him/her from secret sins and other areas of weaknesses because these could become the weaknesses of the people into whom the transfer is taking place.

The word of the Lord is that one does not need to have a mega-ministry, a large family or even a lot of money for the miracle of multiplication to become operational. One only needs to be faithful to the promise that was given and  work out the promise with fear and trembling.

I hope that you will be encouraged today.