The Hallowed Place

Wednesday 31 January
READ: Exodus 3: 4 - 6  
MORE LESSON: 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

A nation, tribe, people or place can be chosen by God. Jehovah does not do things haphazardly; He is a God of order and choice. It is man's responsibility to find out what God has chosen and align yourself with it. There are places that God has chosen; when you recognise and position yourself in such places, you attract God to yourself.  In Exo. 30:6, the Lord said to Moses, And you shall put it before the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you (NKJV). The Lord specified where He would meet with him. If Moses went somewhere else and waited for God, he might end up waiting in vain. In the same vein, when Moses was to encounter the glory of God face to face, God told him where to stay. The Lord said, ... Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock… and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen: Exo. 33:21-23.

We must understand and respect the power of places that the Lord has chosen. Hallowed places must be given due reverence. God has a great regard for such places and so must we. If God has arranged to meet you at the vigil in church and you decide that you want to pray in your bedroom while the other brethren are praying in the church, you can lose the blessing. There is a principle of places with God. It seems at times that unsaved people respect places of God than believers. I have never seen an unbeliever enter a church and light a cigarette, because even in the heart of unregenerate men, there is an understanding that the church must be hallowed. Normally, in times of war, when you run into a religious place of worship like a church, no one is allowed to harm you inside the sanctuary. This is because even governments and warlords respect the consecrated place of worship. However, some people in the name of Pentecostalism have lost respect for God and the altar. People do unspeakable things in and around the house of God and some have thereby brought curses on themselves.
Some hallowed things of God include:
1. God's name and altar.
2. God's offering – don't steal it.
3. Marriage bed – don't desecrate it.
4. God's anointed ones/servants – never raise a finger against them.

Everyone that respects what God hallows gets the blessing that he deserves. God has set aside places of worship and everyone who respects such places gets a reward from the Almighty.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that today you will be where God wants you to be, and do what He wants you to do.
* Ask that the presence of God will go with you from today.
* Request that the will and command of God will guide you.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I can't explain it but thank You Jesus, You made a way in January and it shall remain so throughout 2018, in the mighty name of Jesus.