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Daily Bread - May 30, 2026 (The Seventh Day - Genesis 2:1-3)
Amos 3:7 - For the Sovereign Yehovah will not do anything unless he reveals his secret counsel to his servants the prophets.
God’s secret counsel is with the righteous and with them that fear Him (Psalm 25:14; Proverbs 3:32). Never was there a prophet like Samuel, whose every word was fulfilled (1 Samuel 3:19). He was the one who had been consecrated to God, and who found his place of rest in the Holy Place near to the Ark of the Covenant while Eli laid down in his blindness and death and his sons, Hophni and Phineas, laid down with the women who came to worship (1 Samuel 3:3). Even as a child, Samuel’s life was about tending to the light of revelation within the Holy Place. Out of such a consecration arose one who heard the audible voice of God, and made known to a nation (and subsequently to all nations) the will and purposes of the Almighty and Sovereign God.
Unfortunately, many have turned the grace of God into lasciviousness, just like Hophni and Phineas. They have forsaken the Word of God, and have run after profit as did Balaam. They speak after the counsel of their own lust and deceit, instead of the counsel of the Spirit of God (Jude 11-13). Even as in the days of old when the prophet and the priest erred in their visions and stumbled in judgment through strong drink, so do these modern-day staggerers (Isaiah 28:7). The worst part of it all is that God’s people seem to be unable to discern the difference.
Yet, even now by the mercies of God, there is still a faithful priesthood who will speak His words faithfully. He has a company of servants to whom He can make known His secret counsel, and through whom He can speak His words of life. The Holy Spirit has come to us to give us revelation, so we might know the things that are to come (John 16:13; John 14:26). He has come to speak the words of God through our lips, so we may be even as the oracles of God (1 Peter 4:11; 2 Corinthians 3:3). If we will live consecrated lives and walk in obedience, then Jesus will come and manifest Himself to us, and we will discover the glorious insights and revelation of the Almighty (John 14:21; Ephesians 1:17-19).
Blessings,
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
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