Seeking The Lord in Due Order -Part 1 (1Chron.15:14)

We serve an excellent God whose works are excellent. Excellent has been defined as something so good that it cannot be improved on or made better; in other words – PERFECT. I believe perfection is the high calling of God to his children in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:14-15). Our Lord Jesus and Master is perfect and this is the desire of God for us: that we be like the First Begotten. If we desire to obey his command - “Be ye therefore perfect”… – which I do not think a believer should do otherwise, there will be that need to examine carefully our start-up or foundational belief in our coming unto the Lord (receiving Christ). When we have an imperfect or improper start up, we are bound to have an imperfect finish no matter how good the finish might look unless something is done.

Let us look at an illustration: In production, to obtain a specified quality of a product we need to ensure at first the quality of and specification of the materials and process used in producing that product. If peradventure one of the materials used did not meet the specification, it makes the final product substandard even though the final product could still be used for what it was produced. The substandardness might not be readily noticed but inherent. The tell-tale sign will definitely show in any of the characteristics of the product. For instance, if the standard product has a life span of five years, the substandard product might only last for four years.

Similarly if our approach to God or the quality of the steps in receiving Christ is in doubt, the outcome will be a “substandard” Christian. There is an order in which we can seek God. A good look at the religious rituals given by God in the manner of approached unto the holy of holies makes it categorically clear that there is a due order which must be adhered to less one suffer like the two sons of Aaron who made a strange fire. This is the dispensation of grace; we might not suffer as Uzza or the sons of Aaron did in their time, but I tell you, for every wrong process or quality of approach we make unto God, there is an inherent mark of imperfection. I pray that God will open your heart to receive his work of perfecting your life.