GOG - 19 - 251 - Changing Your Status For God’s Best (Part 1)
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Changing Your Status
For GOD’S
BEST (Part 1)
Pastor Nkechi Ene (Mrs.)
1 “Then came the daughters of Zelophehad
10 If he has no brothers, then you shall
best. They wanted God’s best and nothing less
the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the
give his inheritance to his father’s
son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from
brothers.
than God’s best.
the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph;
11 And if his father has no brothers, then
and these were the names of his
you shall give his inheritance to the
daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,
relative closest to him in his family, and he
and Tirzah.
shall possess it.’ ” And it shall be to the
best. You must have zero tolerance for average
2 And they stood before Moses, before
children of Israel a statute of judgment,
in your life and shun anything that doesn’t
Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders
just as the Lord commanded Moses.”
require your utmost endeavour. You are not
and all the congregation, by the doorway
Numbers 27:1-11
of the tabernacle of meeting, saying: 3 “Our father died in the wilderness; but
As a Christian, you should not take mediocrity neither should you take anything less than the
going for anything less than perfection because you are heading for God’s best, and it is a
First of all, we need to understand what we
revolution. In the church of Christ today, best
mean by your status. Your status can refer to
has become an alien word and that is why this
company with Korah, but he died in his
your condition, position, rank, importance or
has got to be a revolution. People do not go for
own sin; and he had no sons.
your standing in the society where you _ind
God’s best where their healing, their
4 Why should the name of our father
yourself today. The word “best” can be
be removed from among his family because
marriages, and the government of their
described as that which is the most excellent,
churches are concerned. Some pastors do not
outstanding or of a desirable quality. It also
govern their local assembly in line with God’s
means _irst, one’s upmost endeavour, the _inest
best. Mediocrity and average have become the
the Lord.
share or part. So, we are looking at how you
order of the day in the church of Jesus Christ,
6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
can change your condition, position, rank
7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak what
but all that is going to change because we are
importance, etc, to achieve the most excellent,
is right; you shall surely give them a
going for excellence.
outstanding and desirable quality of what God
he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the Lord, in
he had no son? Give us a possession among our father’s brothers.” 5 So Moses brought their case before
possession of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance
has for you in life.
In our society, there are two groups of people that need to change their status. The _irst
of their father to pass to them. 8 And you shall speak to the children of
From our text, we discovered that the _ive
group of people are those that have nothing
Israel, saying: ‘If a man dies and has no
daughters of the man called Zelophehad, who
going for them. They exist by just dragging
son, then you shall cause his inheritance to
had died, carried out a revolution. They came
their lives along. They are very discouraged
to Moses and demanded for what was due to
and depressed, wondering when they will get a
them because they wanted the best in life; they
breakthrough in life, wondering if their
refused to settle for anything that was not the
stagnancy will ever end.
pass to his daughter. 9 If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
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