“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Colossians 2: 9, 10

For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 

and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

In our soul, the bride, the church we should receive the fullness of grace.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that our Counsellor, the bride, the church is manifested as Christ.

Next what we are meditating upon is that 1 Kings 12: 16 – 24 Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying: “What share have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David!” So Israel departed to their tents. 

But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem. 

So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 

But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 

“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying, 

‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me.”’” Therefore they obeyed the word of the Lord, and turned back, according to the word of the Lord.

In the above-mentioned verses, when all Israel saw that the king Rehoboam did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying: “What share have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David!” So Israel departed to their tents. But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah. Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem. So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me.” Therefore they obeyed the word of the Lord, and turned back, according to the word of the Lord.

My dear people, when we meditate upon the above-mentioned portions what the Lord manifested with a pattern is that those who do not obey the words of God, the anointing that the Lord has given within him he will remove it and we see that he is telling this to King Solomon. Like how he said, I will give ten tribes to Jeroboam and I will give one tribe for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen and that tribe so that a lamp will always be there I will give it to his son says the Lord. This is because due to our soul’s evil deeds, evil thoughts, evil works due to all these things the anointing that we have received is destroyed and we are becoming far away from the Lord. Therefore, the good deeds that were in us since they are removed little by little, he is making our soul as captive to the foreigner. After that, by ourselves we will not have victory in anything. This is because this thing is coming to us from the Lord, and we must be as those who realize this. In this manner when we are being made captive, Christ manifests in our soul in one portion. In this manner, Christ manifests and he is destroying the other foreign deeds little by little and this is the spiritual war that takes place within our soul. So that in this manner our soul is completely filled with the spirit of the Lord for this the Lord is doing these things and we must understand this and let us submit ourselves to safeguard our soul completely.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

       - To be continued