Changing Your Status For God's Best (Part 2)

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GOG - 19 - 252 - Changing Your Status For God’s Best (Part 2)

Changing Your Status

For GOD’S

BEST (Part 2)

Pastor Nkechi Ene (Mrs.) 1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad

11 And if his father has no brothers, then

an intercessor or defender. An advocate is one

the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the

you shall give his inheritance to the

son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from

relative closest to him in his family, and he

who pleads the cause of another, one who is

the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph;

shall possess it.’ ”And it shall be to the

and these were the names of his

children of Israel a statute of judgment,

daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,

just as the Lord commanded Moses.

and Tirzah.

Numbers 27:1-11

2 And they stood before Moses, before

In the preceding article, we talked about the

and all the congregation, by the doorway

courageous steps taken by the daughters of

of the tabernacle of meeting, saying:

Zelophehad, to get their father’s inheritance

he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the Lord, in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.

who died without an heir. Remember we said that inheritance at that time was given to the sons or the male folks in the family. Since they had no brothers, it meant that their father’s

4 Why should the name of our father

inheritance would most likely be given to their

be removed from among his family because

uncles, which leaves them nothing. Thus, we

he had no son? Give us a possession among

learnt that as a Christian you must have zero

our father’s brothers.”

tolerance for average in your life, and anything

5 So Moses brought their case before

that is less than God’s best for you. We saw

the Lord.

from the daughters of Zelophehad that the

6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right; you shall surely give them a possession of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance

very eirst thing to do if you want to experience God’s best in your life is to see your present state as undesirable. You need to desire a change eirst before you can go for it.

of their father to pass to them.

8 And you shall speak to the children of

In this article, we will learn more things from

Israel, saying: ‘If a man dies and has no

the Zelophehad daughters that you need to do

son, then you shall cause his inheritance to

for you to change your status for God’s best.

pass to his daughter.

9 If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

law. A barrister or a lawyer is an advocate. An intercessor or defender, one who pleads the course of another, one who is qualieied to plead before the higher course of law is a

Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders

3 “Our father died in the wilderness; but

qualieied to plead for the higher course of the

You Must Go To Your Advocate

lawyer.

So, what did the daughters of Zelophehad do when they saw what was happening in the other eleven and a half tribes? They knew that the tribe of Manasseh was going to follow the same pattern that the other tribes were following. They knew that their father had no sons, and they would get a bad deal if they do not make that move. What did they do? The Bible says that they went to Moses, who was in the presence of Eleazar, the priest and the leaders.

The daughters of Zelophehad could have stayed in the outer court and begin to roll on the ground, crying and shouting in the typical feminine tantrum, but they didn’t do that. They went to the person who could take their case before God. They had got to the place of dissatisfaction, disgust, discontent, and they knew that this had to do something about it.

When you decide that you have to move on

2 “And the Lord spoke to me, saying:

from where you are, you must go to your

3 ‘You have skirted this mountain long

advocate. Who is an advocate? An advocate is

enough; turn northward.’”

Deuteronomy 2:2,3

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The way you should go is to your advocate

father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance

the High Priest of our profession and you

and your advocate is Jesus and His chambers

of their father to pass to them.”

know that your profession is your confession.

are on the north side because that is where He lives. When you go to Him on the north side, He is there to take your case to the Father.

Don’t go south, don’t turn to the east, don’t turn to the west, don’t go to your rich uncle, don’t give bribe or sleep with the managing director of the company where you want to gain employment, don’t do one terrible thing or the other, just turn north to your Advocate.

Stop turning around the mountain; turn north! If you are suffering from sickness and disease, Jesus can take your case. If you have challenges in your marriage, He can take your case. If all kinds of terrible things happen in your business and you know that you need an advocate, He can take your case. It does not matter what that case is, He can take your case and He can eix it.

Numbers 27:5-7

As an advocate, when Moses took the case of the daughters of Zelophehad to the Lord, Moses did not speak for them, rather he just presented the case before the Lord. God

So, Christ’s advocacy power is only relevant when your profession lines up with the language the judge understands.

A lot of you are killing the future that God has

would not have said that the daughters of

in store for you with your lips. Speak right!

Zelophehad spoke right if Moses had spoken

Speak what the Word of God says concerning

on their behalf. What your Advocate does is to

you. Your head may be aching and your body

take what you have declared by faith and

may be in pains, declare that you are healed

present it before God. Why does the Advocate

by the stripes of Jesus. Declare that He had

do that, one might wonder? It is simply because

restored health to you and healed you of your

He already knows that by your utterance of

diseases. Speak right, and once your word

faith in the Word of God, the case has already

comes out, your Advocate takes it to the

been settled. So, the lawyer doesn’t really

Judge. You have to keep speaking right. That is

have much work to do. He just stands as an intercessor; you speak, He takes your word and presents it to the Father.

how you will enter God’s best in your marriage, your business, your ministry, your health, even in your relationship with your children. That’s how you will enter God’s best

If somebody has hurt you so much and you

in your relationship with people around you.

have got a lump of bitterness in your heart, so

That is how you will enter God’s best.

heavy that you can’t move on, Jesus can handle your case because He is an advocate

The Bible says, “Let us hold fast the confession

who is much better than Moses. How is He

of our hope without wavering, for He who

better than Moses? Everything you have ever

promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23). You

experienced or you are yet to experience,

may be trusting God for specieic things in your

Jesus has already gone through it. Just as the

marriage, career, business, health, even for

Bible says in Hebrews 4:15, “ For we do not

direction; hold fast to the confession of your

have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with

faith. You are trusting God that you will enter

our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted

His best in this new day, hold fast to the

as we are, yet without sin.” So, this means that

confession of your faith. It does not matter

we have an Advocate, High Priest who knows just what you are going through, so take your case to Him. Our Advocate, Jesus, is able to handle millions of cases simultaneously. Each case uniquely handled according to the person’s need. You have to understand this and go to your Advocate with coneidence.

God told Moses that the daughters of Zelophehad spoke right, so they should be given their father’s inheritance. This shows me that when you speak right, there is a guarantee that you will get what you have said. God has promised to give you what you have declared in accordance with His Word.

One of the reasons God’s Word says certain

You Must Speak Right 5 So Moses brought their case before the Lord.

things concerning you is so that you would have the right word to declare when you are faced with a specieic situation, and the

what you are trusting God for, always hold on to the profession of your hope. Declare that you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, hold fast to the confession of your faith, and your Advocate will take what you say and present it to the Father, and the case will be judged in your favour.

Remember, for your status to change for God’s best, you must eirst see your present state as undesirable, then you should make a move by

6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

guarantee is that God will give to you

speaking to you Advocate, and when you

7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak what

whatsoever you say. The daughters of

speak, speak right, say what God’s Word says

is right; you shall surely give them a

Zelophehad spoke right and their case was

about you and experience God’s best for your

possession of inheritance among their

instantly settled. The Bible says that Jesus is

life.

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