Many times we find ourselves attempting to solve today's problems with yesterday's remedies. Have you ever noticed that grandmom's remedy for the diagnosed upper respiratory infection only suppresses the flu like symptoms we have for that first night. Until we go to the doctor and he gives us a prescription that actually destroys the developed infection, mucous, and phlegm. I believe this is because viruses are not the same types of viruses that our fore-parents experienced in the past; in other words, there is a new virus out there that only drugs and prayer can cure.
Well, in John 6, when Jesus feeds five thousand people five loaves of bread and two pieces of fish, Jesus makes the claim that this bread, that He gives, is directly from heaven; and the manna in which the Israelites ate in the desert did not sustain their lives. Jesus' claim is powerful and it causes a major disruption with the Jewish custom and tradition of reaping the grace of God. The Pharisaic attitude against Jesus feeding those people bread would not have been so bad if Jesus did not say that, "I AM the bread of life, and the bread that I give will not cause death." Jesus' statement went against the Mosaic dispensation of law, tradition, and understanding of God's grace. Jesus' statement was an infringement against the old belief system and a new form of reaping eternal. The Pharisees held, that act of grace, sending manna to the Israelites, as a monumental and pivotal interaction with God during the time of Israel's need. Therefore, for Jesus to say that only His bread is able to give life, and the old manna given to their forefathers caused death was a direct insult to how God delivered the Israelites from the hand of Pharaoh and the Egyptian rule.
However, what Jesus said meant a lot more than denouncing what God had done for the Israelites. Jesus was, on another level, telling the Pharisees and disciples that their traditional way of reaping favor, grace, truth, power, and peace would not sustain them. In fact, their traditional way of reaping favor, salvation, atonement, and reconciliation would not work any longer, and nor does it sustain life. Boldly, Jesus stated that the only way anyone can have life is if they feed off of the flesh of the Bread of Life. In addition, Jesus was also teaching the disciples and Pharisees that the traditions of their forefathers would not sustain their salvation. This did not mean that there was a new salvation, but there was a better way of receiving salvation; that way is only Jesus Christ.
The Pharisees show us how we perceive reality when it is time for changes to become manifest in our lives. You and I cannot be under the false impression that our old ways of doing things, or traditional ways of receiving results will sustain us; it just will not happen. I prophetically announce to you that there is a better way of accomplishing this task that the Lord has led you into experiencing. The better way is the Kingdom way, and this Kingdom way will preserve and sustain you in a manner in which the traditional ways could not sustain and promote life. You cannot continue to look to old songs to deliver you from this new bondage-like experience. You must sing unto the Lord new songs, you must learn new Scriptures on top of the old Scriptures. You must seek the Lord for a new way of accomplishing the goals that He has set before you. You cannot put old wine into new wine skins!
Case in point: let us look at Psalm 84.10; "For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents wickedness." This Psalm has much to do with the time we can spend in the presence of God, and everyone is singing this song that D. Hobbs sung so well; depending on who you ask. However, Psalm is not only based on spending a day in the presence of Jehovah versus a thousand, but it also has everything to do with accepting duties and responsibilities God gave the sons of Korah; Korah is a clan within the Levitical tribe. What happened was Korah, Dathan, and Abiram became jealous of Aaron and Moses because of their power and position. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram decided to rebel against Moses and Aaron and usurp their power and authority. Since their behavior was ungodly, God decided to kill them in their tents where they dwelled. Aaron and Moses had a major responsibility to fulfill a task for God and the Israelite kingdom, and Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were only doorkeepers. Like any human being that does not have power, but observes the actions of people toward people of power, humans get jealous and seek to gain power. Most of the time, people go about obtaining this power through deception, dissension, and rebellion. When Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were struck down by the wrath of God, the sons of Korah decided to rebel against the rebellion of their fathers. In other words, the sons of Korah decided to be secure in their simple, but important position that God appointed them and anointed them to accomplish for the Israelite kingdom. Although there are many lessons we can learn from this situation, whomever wrote this particular song in the 84th chapter of Psalms, they decided to expose their attitude by saying that I rather serve in the Lord's house as a doorkeeper, as opposed to seek high positions and repeat the fruitless deeds of their fore-parents that God judged as wickedness.
The Lord is saying, "You must be secure with where I place you, what I give you to use, and how I command you to use it. It is not your anointing, says the Spirit of Truth. The anointing that I have given to you belongs to Me and it is only a loan. Do not fall into the traditional way of utilizing the anointing that I have given you, says the Lord, as your fore-parents have attempted to do." The Lord says, that I am giving myself to you in a different way and a better way than the way I have given to your fore-parents for this is a different dispensation for you. This is still the year of the Lord's favor, and my favor is requiring you to not repeat the same methodologies, ideologies, and philosophies to accomplish tomorrow's window of abundance and prosperity.
I pray that this blog excels you forward in the direction that the Lord is taking you, and I also pray that all generational curses of fruitlessness be broken in the name of Jesus. I pray that you find hope and encouragement to move on and not to become stagnant. For the world is eagerly awaiting in eager expectation for the sons and daughters of God. Remember you are a son and daughter of God with a rich inheritance! God bless you!
In Christ,
Servant of the Lord,
Donald W. Williams II
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