God is not the author of confusion…it is Scripture (
I Corinthians 14:33) and it is true. Everything that He is speaks and breathes order.
When the Almighty created the heavens and the earth He had a plan. He didn’t just throw the universe together, but designed it with great precision. There was order.
For example, because of divine order, God didn’t make man while the earth was covered in water and darkness. That just makes sense, doesn’t it? He had a plan and it was all done in its proper sequence.
Creation followed a natural progression, and came about by the spoken Word. The earth was formed at His Word. He separated the light from the darkness at His Word. He made the dry land, and separated the clouds from the oceans and seas at His Word.
God created everything that was made by speaking it into existence--almost everything. Man is the only creation that was “formed of the dust of the ground, and (God) breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (
Genesis 2:7). Everything had life by the spoken Word of God, except man. He “became a living soul”.
God made man and created a perfect place for him…he was free to walk, run, swim, eat, and sleep in this new home. He did not have to toil for his food, and everything was there for his pleasure. In other words, though he was placed in the Garden to “dress it and to keep it” (
Genesis 2:15), working as a gardener or caretaker was secondary to guarding this place of paradise.
God gave man dominion over everything on earth, and put him in charge (
Genesis 1:28,29). It was a perfect situation, in every way, and in the midst of this perfection, with all of its splendor, there was order. “...the LORD God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest therof thou shalt surely die” (
Genesis 2:16,17).
God’s Divine order was never meant to limit man, but was there for his protection. There is no way of knowing just how long Adam and Eve lived under this umbrella of protection. What we do know is that Eve was not far from the tree, listening to a voice that sounded reasonable, and was deceived.
Acknowledging man’s failure brings us to a question…since disobedience is a dominating force in the world, how are we delivered? The answer: when we come to the knowledge of salvation and are Born Again, we are a new creation (
II Corinthians 5:17). Man is, at last, begotten by the Word (
I Corinthians 4:15).
Many will accept what I have just written, but will reject order when it comes to operations of the Spirit or operating in their particular gift. They will argue that “WE are
Sanctified!!” As if sanctification excludes us from order.
Order is
the condition in which every part, unit is in its right place; organization, uniformity, harmony. That means that everything and everyone working together in service and ministry as one unit.
Not an easy task for those who desire to do their own thing and follow their own agenda. They wrongfully set the pattern for how the church or particular offices in the church should be operated instead of what thus saith the Lord.
Consequently, there is confusion and discord in the camp. You all know what discord is…have you ever heard someone playing the piano and they hit the wrong chord?! It is a strange and harsh sound, and if you know anything about music and have any kind of an ear, it just kind of sets your spine on edge.
The dictionary reads that discord is
disagreement; strife; a lack of harmony between notes sounding together; an unpleasing or unfinished chord needing to be completed by another.
So the premise here is that it takes ALL to make the WHOLE. When we are working and operating separate from the rest, it is discord. When we are about our own ministry and self promotion, we are not complete and the sound is as of an unfinished chord.
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