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THE TURNING POINT: JUDAH TURNED - Kingdom Administering Series 009
Genesis 38:1, KJVc
"1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah..."
Judah departed from his brethren and he could find no other place to dwell but to TURN IN to a certain Adullamite. The Bible calls that man Hirah. I'm still on administering and how to be properly administered. Though we're humans, in God's kingdom, we're resources in His hands. He can allocate us and send us wherever He wills and for whatsoever need He chooses. Though we don't have it in black and white that Judah was led or guided of God here but a man of revelation and one full of God's Spirit could begin to sense something. First, we might need to probe why Judah went down from his brethren. Why did he stop living with those he had grown up with? Why would he take the bull by its horn and depart from family care, comfort - leaving the benefits of being with one's own people. It may be a drive to seek one's own achievement and be made. Anyway, we know that the promise of "a seed will crush the head of the serpent" seeks to manifest through him. He's the chosen one through which this promise must be perpetuated. As that seeks for expression, Judah for a reason he himself might not be able to point to leaves home. We could say, "he went abroad." When he did, he found no one to turn to but Hirah. The Bible puts it this way: "Judah went down from his brethren and turned in to a certain Adullamite. There, he saw a certain Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua and went into her and she conceived."
Underline "to turn in". It means Judah made a choice to abide or stay with Hirah. While he was looking for who to stay with as a foreigner, he found a son of peace in Hirah and he turns to live with him though Hirah is a Canaanite. We were not given details but a sort of agreement must have existed between both. It may be that when he got to the city gate, the only fellow who was willing to accommodate him was Hirah. As such, he turned in to live with him. In turning in therefore, he jettisons others. There cannot be any turning in to dwell with someone without agreement or contentment issue having been settled. Or he might have been pressed or desperate to have a place to dwell amidst having known Hirah before. Irrespective of which is correct, Judah was contented to turn in and dwell with Hirah.
His turning in began being calamitous marrying that daughter of Shua but through his ignorant intimacy with Tamar, his journey and turning that could have ended on a sad note took a new turn - he raises a seed to perpetuate the promise. This found fulfilment in Jesus down the line.
I pray for those of you yet to find your foot that the right man will open his door to you. You'll be jealously guided where only good, destiny, the promise and prophecy would happen to you. You'll find a place to turn in and shelter in. They don't need to have known you before. Like Jesus said, "if a son of peace dwells there, they'll accommodate you and will even provide for you" (Luke 10:5-7).
Also, the relationship Judah came into with Hirah blossomed to that of friendship so much more that they now visit sheepshearers together at Timnath. It was so profitable to Judah that he could even trust to deliver the fee of prostitution through Hirah to his daughter in law, Tamar who he unknowingly slept with.
Your own turning in to which ever place will be profitable. You'll see people to accommodate you. I'm declaring concerning those of you in a land with nobody you resemble but with desperateness to be helped even to become citizens, your Hirah will come. Only that he won't be the cause of your downfall but rather promotion. So shall it be.
PRAYER: Lord, ordain men and relationships meant for my destiny for me wherever I turn.
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