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HE WARNS MEN FOR YOUR SAKE - With Me Series 003
Genesis 20:2-3, KJV
"2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife."
They can collect your goods but they can't keep it. Intervention, disruption and a stepping in of the divine would happen. God will do a stirring up and such will lose his peace. God will appear and issue a warning to such in a dream. One of the signs of God being with one is that He intervenes in what concerns you. If you say you have allegiance with someone who watches you as you're helplessly cheated and taken for granted, then I'll advise you break such relationship.
Through the mistake of Abraham, Sarah gets taken away. Abraham lied to save his life. He obviously didn't know whether the people of Gerah fear the Lord. He wants to live. But this is beginning to cost him. While he has transgressed against God, yet God could see what his purpose for that was. After Sarah had been taken away, God ensured promptness of arrival in Abimelech's dream. God warned him of being a dead man for having taken a man's wife. But it doesn't end there. While Abimelech declares his innocence, God reveals His jealousy system for Abraham and consequently any saint when He says, "He knew and He even withdrew him from touching her lest he sins against Him (Gen.20:6). It means Abimelech could have slept with Sarah but one way or the other, God didn't allow it to happen. You see, what matters to you matters to God. You see, what worries you worries him. What you seek to protect because you cherish it is what He also is after. You can be assured that God takes thought for you than you can ever desire. I knew when Sarah was taken away, Abraham would have gone into a frenzy. He would have lost his sleep. He would have gone on rolling here and there and asking God for an immediate intervention. An immediate intervention it must be or else the deed would be done and any remedy can never serve as an antidote. The only antidote is for God to intervene and not allow what Abraham is thinking come to pass.
And indeed, God came swiftly for His beloved. That place says, "but God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night..." God came to demand him to return the goods (in the person) he has in his custody who's not his. You have read the passage of the Bible that says, "He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes" (Psalms 105:14). This is its fulfillment. Abraham is considerably a weak person here. He has not become a multitude that anyone could fear or esteem to pose any danger. And so, on such a day of anyone in Christ, God is committed to protecting and seeing to what concerns him. That's why God wouldn't delay. The act must be done that night. He rode into Abimelech's dream and confronted him and all his with death. Such threat is never to be taken lightly. He who hears it always shiver. No wonder, Abimelech began to shiver and declare his innocence immediately. Though a heathen king yet he is not big for God to command. There's no where they do not know or hear of God even if it'll be by the hearing of the ear. He's Governor over all the earth. From the rising of the sun and to its setting down, men shall obey Him.
When God is with you, He will fight on your behalf. He will speak on your behalf and defend you against oppressors. There are bullies everywhere but I don't care where you live or who dominates the place. If God be with you, they won't hurt you. An invisible hedge will be created round you. They can hurt others but they'll mark you different because they've received a standing order concerning you even when you do not know when. Kings are those who are stronger than you are. And I tell you, no mere man can talk let alone rebuke them. They need to receive a stronger order. That's why God became the sole proprietor and protector of Israel, rebuking kings for his sake. Your boss can be rebuked for your sake. If he or she is a cheat and a bully and it is clear you can't even have his attention, what you can't say to Him, God can. He's your middleman. He interferes between you and those who should hurt you with their strength. Abraham didn't have much at this time but he has God. He can therefore testify, "God is on my side, I will not fear. What can man do to me?" Because God is with him, any act of man will be to no effect on him. And that's it. God is your defender as you go. Even if you're a stranger in a foreign land, God is your judge. He's by you and He shall protect you and shield you from all evils.
PRAYER: Thank You Lord for You are with me.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 12:1-31; John 16:1-33; Psalm 119:65-80; Proverbs 16:4-5
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