PEDESTALS CAN ALTER DESTINIES
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“You
shall have no other gods before Me.”—Exodus 20:3
To put
someone or something on a pedestal
means to place on a raised stand so that it can be greatly admired and magnify
its importance. Have you ever seen an
art object or a molded bust of someone put on something that raises it to about
eye level, so that it can be easily admired?
Sometimes the expression is used of a husband or wife putting their
spouse on a pedestal; meaning that
the individual is greatly thought of or admired, either for something that they
do or perhaps it is their physical appearance.
In the
Church, for example, a minister or ministry can be put on a pedestal for their ministry gifts or
talents. What happens in the spiritually
realm when this is done is that the person or object is elevated to a position
of importance that is higher than God.
And often times the person or object either falls off the pedestal, or
we knock it off because of our emotional outbursts. This same thing happened to Samson in Judges
14 -16.
An angel visited Samson’s mother and father and told them
that they would have a child and that he would be a Nazirite to God from the
womb until his death (Judges 13). In
Numbers we find what being a Nazirite means, “He shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor
vinegar made from similar drink;
neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. All
the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the
grapevine, from seed to skin. All the days of the vow of his separation no
razor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he
separated himself to the Lord, he
shall be holy. Then he shall
let the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the days that he separates
himself to the Lord he shall not
go near a dead body. He shall not make himself unclean even for his father or
his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his
separation to God is on his
head. All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord” (Numbers 6:2-8).
In verse 25 of Judges 13, we find that the Spirit of the Lord
began to move upon Samson. Judges 14
details how Samson saw a Philistine woman and lusted after her, and put her on
a pedestal. As a result, Samson, who had been set-apart
by the Lord, dishonored God and His commandment and did not fulfill the
assignment of the Lord.
The prophetic word has been given that the Spirit
of the Lord is moving. Today,
ask yourself the question: Have I put anything or anyone on a pedestal that will not allow me to
fulfill the assignment that the Lord has given to me? Have I allowed someone or something to come
between me and God? Allow the Spirit of
God to move in your life by aligning your heart with His hopes and dreams for
you. Repent of any pedestals in your life and ask the Father to restore you into a
right relationship with Him.
Prayer—Father You commanded me not to
have any other gods before You. I
repent of any pedestals that I have placed in my life that replaces You or
elevates above You and I ask You to forgive me.
Holy Spirit move in my life and bring me into my destiny, in Jesus’
Name. Amen.
