Sunday, February 5, 2012

The promise of a messenger

UV 316/10,000 Amazing principles of the Universe revealed verse by verse Mark 1 v 2 The promise of a messenger to prepare the way
Mar 1:2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

With our human intellects we often limit God’s Word to the context in which it was spoken or written. The Word of God being the Word of God, the content can jump out of its context to be meaningful in our day to day contexts too. In a time of prayer, the Lord gave this promise that He would always send a messenger ahead of me to prepare the way in what I was doing or proposing to do.

In the police context, when we are planning the security detail of a particular key person visiting a new area for a meeting, we do what I call the Triple A formula: Advance Liaison, Anti-sabotage check and Access control. Similarly, the Lord sends before us when we venture out on a particular mission either in pursuit of our secular calling or a ministry opportunity, a messenger who is capable of doing advance liaison to sort out matters and tie the loose ends, to counter any moves to disturb or obstruct or harm us and to decide who should come in close contact with us and who should not.

The Lord uses both angelic agency as well as human agency to execute His will as a herald. The Holy Spirit gave intimations to many before the birth of the Child Jesus. He sent angelic host to herald His birth. He also sent the Magi to confirm the intimations. Similarly, the Lord gave Abraham a faithful servant who vowed to find a wife for his son Isaac out of His own people. When the servant asked if the maid he so finds refuses to come with him, what should he do, Abraham said that the Lord would send His angels ahead to ensure the success of his journey. When we undertake our work as if we work for the Lord and when we undertake His work as His servants, He promises to send faithful and competent messengers ahead of us to ensure the successful completion of the mission.

Prateep V Philip

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