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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The other group of people are the ones that
get to a point of utter dissatisfaction, disgust
inheritance. Since their father had none, the
think that everything is going on _ine for them.
and discontent with your present state.
inheritance would go to his brothers or their
They feel that their life is doing pretty good for
uncles. The daughters of Zelophehad knew that
them. What they do not understand is that they
If you think you have arrived in your present
this was not in their best interest and it was
could have been at the beginning of the ladder,
state, you will never move from that state. If
not God’s best for them, so they decided to
and there is so much more ahead for them in
your mind cannot take anything bigger than
_ight for what they knew rightly belonged to
God God and you should go for God’s best, and
what you have presently experienced, you
them. It does not matter how widely accepted
nothing less. I want to prepare your mind by
cannot get anything better.
that thing is, if it is not God’s best, you have to
breaking any limitations and removing
let it go. When you get to the point
the small mind and put a big mind in
where you can say, “That is God’s best,”
you. I want to enlarge the coast of your
rise up and make that move to change
mind, so that you can see that the best
your status for God’s best.
is possible, excellence is possible, perfection is possible. I want you to get
If you really want to enter into God’s
to the point where you make up your
best for your life, you have to stand on
mind that you want God’s best because
your own and forget about what people
you are God’s child, therefore, you are
think or say. If they see what you are
His best.
doing and they want to follow you, that is _ine because nothing should stop you
In this article and the next, we are going
from entering God’s best for you. God
to look at three things that you must do
has given His best so that you can have
if you want to change your status for
it in everything you do in life. The
God’s best.
decision to have mediocrity or excellence in your life is yours to make.
You Must See Your Present State As Undesirable The daughters of Zelophehad had no brothers to inherit their father’s estate when he died. The law at that time did not allow the daughters to inherit their father’s estate. This put them in an undesirable state which they found dissatisfying and discontenting.
As a child of God, you should desire Sometimes, it takes an experience with a life-
God’s best in your marriage, in your
threatening situation for you to realize that you
relationship with your children, in your career,
must get into God’s best particularly for your
in your local assembly, in every area of your
healing and health. When you are dealing with
life. You must not settle for anything less than
headaches, menstrual pains and all those
the best because God’s best encompasses
symptoms that analgesics can deal with, you
everything that is going on in your life.
may have no challenge to move into the realm of operating in divine health and healing.
Trust God for His best in your health, _inances,
However, when it gets to a point where
career, marriage, family, job, and wherever else
something really terrible happens, that is when
you need it. Excellence should be your focal
you realize that you really need to trust God for
point as you strive to change your status and
create inertia or a resistance that will prevent
your healing. It does not matter how widely
get into God’s best for your life. Get to the point
you from moving from your status. One of them
accepted some things are, if it is not God’s best,
where you have total disgust and dissatisfaction
is ignorance. You may not even know that it is
stay away from them. Your reference should
for mediocrity.
there but it is really preventing you from
not be what everybody else is doing, but what
best for you even if it goes against what every
moving on. Another one is fear. Most Christians
God has said in His Word concerning you.
other person or the society thinks. Always
Dissatisfaction, disgust, and discontent are the things that will propel you to desire change, but sometimes, there are some things that
Get up and _ight for what is
remember that there is so much more ahead
are afraid of the unknown. Several things can keep you from moving, however, if you must
The daughters of Zelophehad found themselves
experience God’s best in your life, you have to
in a situation where the son gets the father’s
for you because God’s best for you is all encompassing. To Be Continued
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