- When you do not insist on measurable and discernible impartations each time you contact Spiritual things.
“And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and His mother knew not of it.”Luke 2:43 KJV
Do you see a confirmation?
“When they had fulfilled the days…”
When they had finished the programme, and run through the custom or processes. Then, “…as they returned…” they fulfilled the days set by men and not God. They came to meet God but had already fixed when they will go back.
It bothers me that there are men and women in our generation today that are drifting up and down. Millions goes in and out of Churches and religious houses without a conscious experience or definite encounter with the Lord Jesus in their lives. And I also wonder how you are going and “returning…” yet you are “returning…” just as you went. Nobody was interested in what happened to anybody at the feasts or what definite things they got there. Nobody wanted to know if there was any spiritual experience or any definite touch of God in their lives. Nobody spoke about that. When they had fulfilled the days, they returned. It is just as men go to Church today; some just put on their goggles as if they are listening, but they are sleeping, waiting for the custom to finish. “And as they returned” - most men just go in and they come out. No difference, no touch, no definite experience.
Why are you going and returning without anything to show for it? Why are you no longer insisting on having a progressive, measurable, and discernible impartation as you move from day to day? Why for instance do you go into prayer when it does not bring any result to you? If you are sure you are walking with Jesus when you prayed and there was no answer, you should have asked, “Lord, why did I pray and you did not answer me? What was the problem in my life? Why did I cast out the demons and they refused to go?” That is how to be sure that the master is still walking side by side with you.
“And as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem…”
Joseph and Jesus' mother were unaware of it. He had been with them for 12 years and now He tarried behind in Jerusalem and they did not know. How could Jesus , the only object of their life, Jesus for whose sake Mary left all her glory, all that she could have been boasting about, that same Jesus tarried behind, and was missing from her company and she did not know. What could be the reason that “…Joseph and His mother knew not of it? You will note that in verse 41, the Bible says His parents, but in verse 43, the statement was particular. It pointed out that Joseph did not know and neither did Mary the mother of Jesus.
This implies that every one of us must bear responsibility for missing Jesus. Whether you are a husband or a wife, when you miss out Jesus from your life as an individual, God is going to call you by your name. It will not be correct to say, “My husband understands.” In the matter of not walking with Jesus, God is going to call you by your name.
Lord help me not to be carried away by the omissions of others, no matter how closely related we may be. Make me to always insist on a measurable impartation every time I come in contact with spiritual things. I want to tarry for as long as it takes for me to be convincingly touched. I do not want to merely go in and come out with the congregation as a routine or mere empty custom. Joshua used to go into the tabernacle with Moses in the wilderness, but would never come out with him. He learnt to tarry behind until he secure a personal touch from God; no wonder that God found him acceptable to take over from Moses.
Increase my level of importunacy, dear Lord. Teach me not to always be in haste while my encounter is yet to come. My relationship with you is personal and peculiar. I must never drift along with men and women who merely returned as they came. Let me discern when you are not finished with me so that I can wait to return only at your release.
“And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and His mother knew not of it.”Luke 2:43 KJV
Do you see a confirmation?
“When they had fulfilled the days…”
When they had finished the programme, and run through the custom or processes. Then, “…as they returned…” they fulfilled the days set by men and not God. They came to meet God but had already fixed when they will go back.
It bothers me that there are men and women in our generation today that are drifting up and down. Millions goes in and out of Churches and religious houses without a conscious experience or definite encounter with the Lord Jesus in their lives. And I also wonder how you are going and “returning…” yet you are “returning…” just as you went. Nobody was interested in what happened to anybody at the feasts or what definite things they got there. Nobody wanted to know if there was any spiritual experience or any definite touch of God in their lives. Nobody spoke about that. When they had fulfilled the days, they returned. It is just as men go to Church today; some just put on their goggles as if they are listening, but they are sleeping, waiting for the custom to finish. “And as they returned” - most men just go in and they come out. No difference, no touch, no definite experience.
“And as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem…”
Joseph and Jesus' mother were unaware of it. He had been with them for 12 years and now He tarried behind in Jerusalem and they did not know. How could Jesus , the only object of their life, Jesus for whose sake Mary left all her glory, all that she could have been boasting about, that same Jesus tarried behind, and was missing from her company and she did not know. What could be the reason that “…Joseph and His mother knew not of it? You will note that in verse 41, the Bible says His parents, but in verse 43, the statement was particular. It pointed out that Joseph did not know and neither did Mary the mother of Jesus.
This implies that every one of us must bear responsibility for missing Jesus. Whether you are a husband or a wife, when you miss out Jesus from your life as an individual, God is going to call you by your name. It will not be correct to say, “My husband understands.” In the matter of not walking with Jesus, God is going to call you by your name.
Lord help me not to be carried away by the omissions of others, no matter how closely related we may be. Make me to always insist on a measurable impartation every time I come in contact with spiritual things. I want to tarry for as long as it takes for me to be convincingly touched. I do not want to merely go in and come out with the congregation as a routine or mere empty custom. Joshua used to go into the tabernacle with Moses in the wilderness, but would never come out with him. He learnt to tarry behind until he secure a personal touch from God; no wonder that God found him acceptable to take over from Moses.
Increase my level of importunacy, dear Lord. Teach me not to always be in haste while my encounter is yet to come. My relationship with you is personal and peculiar. I must never drift along with men and women who merely returned as they came. Let me discern when you are not finished with me so that I can wait to return only at your release.
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