16796. COLD-BLOODED WILL OF GOD (CASE 3) – THE WRONG CENSUS AND THE ANGEL OF PESTILENCE

16795. EVERLASTING FATHER, WE THANK YOU YOUR WONDERFUL SHADOW AND YOUR MARVELOUS FEATHERS IN THIS SEASON OF REFUGE. BLESSED BE THY HOLY NAME

16796. COLD-BLOODED WILL OF GOD (CASE 3) – THE WRONG CENSUS AND THE ANGEL OF PESTILENCE

DAVID GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH GOD WHEN HE CONDUCTED CENSUS OF ISRAEL’S POPULATION.

ENUMERATION IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. CENSUS IS A GOOD THING, BUT WHY WAS DAVID’S CENSUS BECAME A TRAGIC SIN IN THE EYES OF THE LORD? AFTERALL, MOSES CONDUCTED CENSUS OF ISRAEL (EXODUS 30:11-16), AND GOD WAS PLEASED WITH HIM. WHY WAS DAVID’S CENSUS WRONG?

NUMBERS CAN BE FLATTERING. NUMBERS HAVE SEDUCING POWERS. GO AND ASK ADDICTED GAMBLERS, THEY WILL TELL YOU OF THE POWER OF SEDUCTION IN NUMBERS.

CENSUS IS NOT A SIN, BUT THE MOTIVE OF KING DAVID IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WAS UGLY BEFORE THE EYES GOD PROMISED OUR FATHER ABRAHAM THAT THE HIS CHILDREN SHALL BE INNUMERABLE AS THE SAND OF THE SEASHORE AND AS THE STARS ✨ 🌟 ✨ OF HEAVEN. DAVID’S MOTIVE WAS PRIDE, HE WANTED TO COUNT THE POPULATION FOR BRAGGING PURPOSES. HE STOP TRUSTING GOD AND WANTED TO START PUTTING HIS TRUST IN NUMBERS AND PROSPERITY OF NUMBERS (ANOTHER NAME FOR MAMMON AND WORLDLINESS).

BEFORE HE BACKSLID, GOD SENT AND ANGEL OF PESTILENCE (IF YOU LIKE, YOU CAN INSERT “CORONAVIRUS” IN THAT SPACE). 70,000 PEOPLE WERE WASTED BY THAT PESTILENCE AND GOD WAS COMMANDING THAT ANGEL OF PESTILENCE TO FACE JERUSALEM THE CAPITAL AND CONTINUE THE CARNAGE. BEFORE GOD SUDDENLY CHANGED HIS MIND.

GOD GAVE US MANDATE TO TRUST IN HIM AND NOT IN NUMBERS! EVERY GAMBLER IS DECEIVED BY THEIR TRUST IN NUMBERS.

GOD’S DIVINE FAVOUR IS UNQUANTIFIABLE AND INNUMERABLE. GOD’S DIVINE FAVOUR IS FAAAAARRRR BETTER THANK LUCK ATTACHED TO ANY NUMBER!

GOD’S MERCY IS UNREASONABLE! IT’S NOT BASED ON THE MERIT OF NUMBERS, IT’S NOT BASED ON THE PROSPERITY OF YOUR QUALIFICATIONS OR SKILLS OR EFFORTS OR SWEATS OR MERIT OF ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE!

1 CHRONICLES 21:16-17:
16. And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

17. And David said unto God, IS IT NOT I THAT COMMANDED THE PEOPLE TO BE NUMBERED? EVEN I IT IS THAT HAVE SINNED AND DONE EVIL INDEED; BUT AS FOR THESE SHEEP, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

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