Divine Order
“Two “orders” compete. They are “Divine Order” (God’s plan) and
“Chaos” (Satan’s plan of Sin & Death).
There
is no “order” outside of God’s divine order.” MDJ
Elohim, the Creator of the universe created man
in His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26).
This was and is His eternal plan that man live throughout the eternity
with Him. God wanted fellowship and
communion with someone who was “like Him”.
God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit placed man in the Garden of Eden (Genesis
Chapter 1). God’s creation was given
dominion over everything in the earth realm. Adam was given a commandment not
to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 3:3).
God’s plan was
challenged when His creation took a wrong turn in the Garden of Eden and
unleashed chaos (Satan’s plan, sin & death) into the earth realm. This really
happened and is the cause for all the chaos we see in our world today. Man’s “wrong turn” of disobedience in the
garden has left us with choosing one of two options, right choice (God’s Divine
Order) and wrong choice (Satan’s plan, sin & death). Right choice (God’s Divine Order) follows the
complete will of the Father’s purpose for man. Wrong choice follows the pattern
of the fallen angel (Isaiah 14:12-16) Satan’s plan for man (Chaos; Satan’s
plan, sin & death).
The ability for
man to live in God’s divine order was established when Jesus came to earth,
suffered, and died on the cross for our sins.
It was a high price to pay, however God sacrificed His then “only
begotten Son” so that all sons and daughters would have access to Him in order
to become “like Him”. This salvation
plan offered by Jesus Christ requires that a man surrender his own order to the
divine order of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This surrender is without exception, we are
called on as children of God to conform to the image of His son Jesus Christ (Romans
8:29). The unique challenge that this
presents is that the inherited nature of Adam is selfish and wants to remain
the center of attention.
The new creation
(2nd Corinthians 5:17) makes Jesus Christ the center of attention,
but through a process. This process of
transformation happens with the “renewing of the mind” (Romans 12:2) to God’s
eternal word and practicing the plan (God’s Divine Order) found in His
word. A follower of Christ navigates
with His word in a world that does not adhere to God’s plan (God’s Divine
Order). This is the challenge for those
who believe and do God’s word.
Success in life
is different for Believers and non Believers.
One man’s success may be another’s failure. This ramps up the confusion
for everyone and spins daily interaction between people on earth into chaos
(Satan’s plan, sin & death). God’s
people (Believers) exist in a kingdom that is not of this world (John 18:36). Non Believers exist in a kingdom that Satan
rules. The current condition of the
world becomes clear when the interaction between these two different kingdoms (Divine
Order verses Chaos; Satan’s plan, sin & death) occur.
Divine Order is
divine (God’s plan). Chaos is chaos
(Satan’s plan, sin & death). For man, these two kingdoms are revealed by who
lives on the throne in his heart.
Believers are not to look, think, or act like people who live in
chaos. We have been redeemed and bought
back from chaos (Satan’s plan, sin and death) to the God who created us in His
image and likeness. We enter chaos (Satan’s
plan, sin & death) only when we are tempted to conform to the kingdom and
practices of this world. These worldly practices create chaos (Satan’s plan,
sin & death); that encourage selfishness, greed, hatred, racism, elitism,
and every ungodly thing (Galatians 5:19-21) that reigns in the heart of
man.
We are a
“peculiar” (1st Peter 2:9)
people and are not called upon to blend into chaos (Satan’s plan, sin &
death) but to lead others out of chaos (Satan’s plan, sin & death) by
example and love. Every encounter we
have with those who do not know Jesus Christ should leave them with a hunger
for the divine order that is manifested in our lives. When we take on the role of chaos (Satan’s
plan, sin & death) as Believers, people do not encounter the Living Christ
who is the hope of glory in us (Colossians 1:27). You may be the only divine order (God’s plan)
a person comes into contact with the day that you encounter them.
What are you
showing the world? Do people see in you a light burning so brightly that they
cannot ignore the peace, joy and love of that light? Do they see in you warmth
that supersedes the condemnation they receive from others? Do they know that the word “Christian” means
that they are welcomed and loved regardless of their race, creed, color,
politics, etc? Do they encounter God
when you do business with them? Do they
see Jesus in you when they are hungry, cold, poor, and in need of a
destination? Do you contribute to the
divine order (God’s plan) or to the chaos (Satan’s plan)?
The body of
Christ is sick when it allows the chaos (Satan’s plan) of the world to
infiltrate the divine order (God’s plan) that our Father demands that we live
under. Healing for the body of Christ comes
when we all come into the unity of the faith. Jesus prayed for “Oneness” for His
body as He and the Father were One.
Chaos (Satan’s plan) is the only thing that separates us from this
“Oneness” that Jesus prayed for. Drop
the chaos (Satan’s plan) and live in divine order (God’s plan) and then the
world will know that we are His disciples.
When the body of
Christ functions in the divine order (God’s plan) of God we see physical
healings come forth in abundance. We see
relationships restored in families that have been estranged for years. We see souls come to know the Lord Jesus as
divine order brings us into the “Oneness” Jesus prayed for (John 17:21.
As Living Joy
Ministries, Inc. ministers to God’s people, we are seeing the amazing power of
God in restoring families, ministries, and joyous living to people who were cut
off from the Father because of the chaos (Satan’s plan, sin & death) in
their lives. God is moving in a mighty
way to bring man back to Him. He just
wants to fulfill the desire He had when He created man. That desire was for fellowship and communion
with a being that was “Like Him”. Be
“Like Him” and live in His divine order (God’s plan).
PS What He (God) wanted was to commune
& fellowship with someone who was like Him.
Do you qualify? MDJ
