POSITION YOURSELF TO RECEIVE A MIRACLE FROM GOD

By Pst Michael Benson Ajayi  ©

Understanding Spiritual Authority

        Mark 6:39-40 KJV  “And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.”

        The supernatural multiplication of two pieces of fish and five loaves of bread to feed five thousand persons with twelve baskets full of leftover is one of the most astonishing miracles by Jesus Christ. Every miracle is unique and has an underlining message in it.

        Let us take a look at the event that led to it. Jesus had a tradition of teaching  very lengthy messages. His teachings were very thorough and his follower-ship cut across the various strata of society; He had politicians, businessmen and women, children, technocrats, the clergy and laymen in attendance. On this occasion they became were hungry and the possibility of buying food was very slim.

          The challenge was not about insufficient funds to shop for food judging from the disciples’ statement in Mark 6:35 KJV “And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:” and Mark 6:37 KJV  “Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?” They were seeking His permission to use available funds from His purse, the question was not “where shall we find two hundred penny?” Jesus prior to the inception of His ministry had been in the carpentry  business for over two and a half decades (Mark6:3) and also had partners(luke8:2) who provided for His day to day need as it was the tradition of devotees to provide for those perceived to be messengers of God (2Kings4:42-44). The scriptures says Jesus was rich (2Cor8:9) . The disciples had the funds but distance and time were the issue at stake.

          The scriptures say in Mark 6:39 KJV “And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.” The word command is the Greek word ‘epitasso’ which means to arrange upon, order, charge. They were instructed to sit in a specific spiritual order in ‘companies’ as in a symposium and in rows of fifty and hundreds. The number fifty is the spiritual number for celebrations, jubilee and Pentecost, the number one hundred is the spiritual number for God’s chosen people( Matt18:12) and the number for fullness of harvest (Mark4:20) . These persons have to be spiritually positioned to receive from God.

              The blessings of God is positional , throughout  scriptures we discover that each person  that received a miracle from God had to follow specific instructions in order to activate faith without which it is impossible to please God. In this case the crowd regardless of their status in society had to follow instructions as handed down from Jesus through His disciples. This was a test of humility which is essential for promotion (James4:10)this crowd understood the importance of divine authority and where rewarded with abundance. None was allowed to receive food directly from Jesus but through His token or symbol of authority. God desires order in His church (1Cor.14.40,Titus1:5) and He appoints a token of authority to each person through whom we learn to Honour Him and for our edification (Eph 4:11-12). It is one’s understanding of the principles of divine authority that activates the power for the miraculous (Matt8:5-13) .

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