DIVINE ORDER 1

God doesn’t jump lines. One of my Mentors said “there is nothing you can do that will make God to do what He wants to do tomorrow today”. Now this is not to say that God can’t intervene dramatically in some matters but God doesn’t jump lines. He says; there is a time for everything, Eccl 3v1. He is a God of order and principles and that’s why by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit I was motivated as I read a Mentor’s (of blessed memories) book to write a few lines on God’s order or call it Divine order.

Many today are stock at this junction without knowing that it’s a divine order their lives are following. That you are suffering doesn’t mean that God isn’t with you. Isaiah 43v2 already said that we will go through situations that wouldn’t us as it were. Jesus told His disciples in John 16v33 that they will have tribulations in the world. So that your boat is rocked by the storm of life doesn’t mean that Jesus isn’t in your boat, Mark 4v35-41. I think one question you should ask yourself is, will my boat sink with Jesus on board? The answer is obvious, No!

I will be using just two Bible characters to drive down my points and they are Joseph and Jonah. These two bible Heroes are epistles to be read when we seek to know the positive and negative dividends of following Divine order.

FOLLOWING DIVINE ORDERS

In Genesis 37 Joseph comes on board divine order and one thing you must take to heart is that divine order positions you in life. In other words it defines your place because everybody has a place in life. Joseph caught a glimpse of a glorious future and was expectant of it fulfilment which was evident in the boldness with which he told his dream to his brethren even though he was hated and envied, when he dreamt a second time he still told them again.

But thing took a dramatic turn. Which is to say, of a truth you have so many beautiful promises pending but you just have to pass through the tunnel of trial. Unfortunately the tunnel can’t too many people at the same time which accounts for why you hear people lament “why me” “why me alone after all things are working for so and so despite the fact that we graduated the same year. And I even had a first class” I am sure you are conversant with such lamentations. That was exactly where Joseph was when he landed in the pit, Genesis 37v24 and in a few hours time on his way to Egypt as a slave. This was virtually the opposite of his dream but it was all divine order on the way to fulfilment.

I am sure joy is already welling up in you as our discussion is beginning to take the shape of what you are going through now. I have good news for you, just a little patience and you will be at the end of the tunnel. Tunnels are not naturally bright unless they are lightened. And you can imagine your speed in a dark tunnel. It will soon be you turn to arise and shine for your light will definitely come.

Joseph got to Egypt and was sold to Potipha, Genesis 37v36. However the Bible says; the Lord was with him all the while even as He is with you now, Genesis 39v2. He became the head of slaves in his master’s house. He found favour with his master because God was with him so his master put him in charge all he had except his wife.

Interestingly as though this was a fulfilment of his dreams. After all he is a master and a few people are bowing to him. This look like the dream coming through but because he understood this subject of divine order he wouldn’t settle for anything less than his dream. Even when he was tempted by his master’s wife in Genesis 39v7-12, he could have mistaken it for the fulfilment of the dream because he would have a wider range of coverage as it were. But he understood that God wouldn’t use corny ways to fulfil His promise. After all He owns all things, of who will make God be afraid that He will have to lie or play pranks. 

Unfortunately Joseph landed in prison for following divine order. The prison experience was a part of the divine order or plan because God was still with him, Genesis 39v20-23. He became the leader of other prisoners in prison to such an extent that the Jailer put all things in his care, Genesis 39v23. Divine order!

Finally he saw rays of light having travelled through the tunnel all these years when Pharaoh had dream that disturbed him so much. It was all by divine order. Or hasn’t he been having dreams all this while? What made this one different? Now the solution of the Kings Dream riddle was with a prisoner in divine order.

Let me take a break to tell you that there is something in you (Talent) that will be needed at the ivory tower where you have dreamed of all this while. I am glad to let you know that it lies with you alone and no other is competing with you to solve it. On the other hand you will leave such a vacuum on earth if you don’t live up to it.

To cut the long story short, Joseph unravelled the king’s dream and the king thought through seeing that this young man has come the divine order way. Because it was on the basis of the order he engage in unravelling the dream that he was enthroned above others including his former boss who put him in jail, Genesis 41v37-45.

Conclusively his dream came through on the line of divine order. Though it was hard but he understood that he was following a divine order, Genesis 45v5 saying his brother sold him but God sent him. Taking a vivid look at the way he left home we can easily deduce that God had a hand in it because his father wouldn’t allowed him to go anywhere outside his reach or even do any hard job considering how much his father loved him. My good news for you is that you will eventually rule over all those who thinks’ they have successfully sold you out in Jesus name, Amen!