Prayer: Father, You do all things well, ordered, and original. Amen.
Reading: Exodus 39 key: vs. 42-43
42 According to everything that Adonai had commanded Moses, Bnei-Yisrael had done all the work just so. 43 When Moses saw the entire work, and that they had done it just as Adonai had commanded, Moses blessed them.
Attention: There is a curious article which is not mentioned in today’s scripture but is associated with the breastplate in Exodus 28:22-38, called the Urim and Thummim.
According to the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (HIBD), “Little is known about the Urim and Thummim.” “They apparently were two objects that served as sacred lots. That is, they were used to determine God’s will or to receive a divine answer to a question.” 1 Sam. 14:41-45, hints as to how the objects were used. They were ‘given,’ or perhaps drawn or shaken, from a bag. One object gave one answer. The other lot gave another answer. Probably, whichever lot come out first, that was understood to be God’s answer.”
We see an example in the New Testament of casting lots to determine God’s will by the Apostles in the replacement of Judas in Acts 1:26, “So they nominated two– Joseph (also called Justus), and Matthias. And they prayed and said, ‘You, O Lord, who knows the hearts of men, show us which of these two You have chosen to take the position in this office as emissary, from which Judah (Judas) turned aside to go to his own place. Then they cast the lots for them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was added to the eleven emissaries.”
Understand, the Urim and Thummim were ordained of Adonai for use by the priests to make decisions and determine His will. Even the casting of lots, by the Apostles (Emissaries) were considered a sacred method of determining Adonai’s will.
One observation about the practice of casting lots. Be assured, that if Adonai calls something sacred and He originates it, Satan, the occult, and his followers will copy and make a counterfeit of it. The practice of counterfeiting isn’t only in the world of money and high-priced consumer articles. Counterfeiting, scamming, trolling, is big business on the internet.
I want to encourage you to seek the Holy Spirit’s leading and confirmation in everything. In the prophetic, those who have the gifting, are able to either confirm or give a directional word at critical times. My wife and I are experiencing an increase of dreams as declared by Joel and referenced by Luke in Acts 2:17-18. We are in those days my friend.
Action: I will seek the will of Adonai from the Scriptures (Word) and the Spirit.
Yield: The action of submission to the Holy Spirit.
Engage: Engaging with the Spirit in a lifestyle of holiness.
Relationship: We are in relationship with Adonai when we are full submitted, fully obedient, and fully loving Him.
Prayer: Father, through the Holy Spirit may I fully seek You. You say, You will keep me in perfect peace, when my mind is on You. I pray for perfect peace and perfect focus. Amen.
Memory Verse: Isaiah 26:3
3 You keep in perfect peace
one whose mind is stayed on You,
because he trusts in You.
Music Video: Tauren Wells—Perfect Peace https://youtu.be/xu34I2DmvhA
Remember, “Abide in Yeshua, today!”