Angel of Jehovah Serves Us As A Servant

God doesn’t only save us and lead us: He also comes to serve us by pleading with us and by admonishing us.

But because we as God’s people many times don’t act as a proper wife to Him but rather go away from Him or forsake Him, the very Jehovah who is the Husband, the Head, and the King comes to us to be a Servant to His wife. In Judges 2:1 God came to Israel, His wife, not as a Husband, Head, or King but as the Angel of Jehovah, who was sent by Jehovah (Zech. 2:9-11).

Since Israel didn’t regard Jehovah as the Head, He became a Servant to serve her; His word in judges 2:1-3 was not a rebuke, a command, or an order but the admonition of a servant.

The Lord knows us; He knows our situation, He knows that we forsake Him and don’t listen to His leading or obey His word, so He comes to us to speak to our heart; all we need to do is not to harden our heart but listen to His pleading with us. The Lord comes to us many times as a Servant – not as King or as the Head but as a Servant, and He encourages us through His word.

We all can testify that, many times in our environment, through the brothers and the sisters, and through the word of God, the Lord reminds us: don’t go there, don’t take that way! If we, because of the Lord’s mercy and grace, listen to the Lord and take His admonition, we are saved from a lot of troubles.

The Lord always speaks to us; may we not harden our heart but today listen to His voice and just say, Amen, Lord (Heb. 4:7). May we just say Amen to His speaking, so that His pleading and admonition would operate in us and take us on with Him to bring us where He wants us to be, the full enjoyment of Christ as the good land.

Lord Jesus, we love You! Thank You for coming as the Angel of Jehovah not to rebuke us but to serve us as a servant, admonishing us and pleading with us in our low estate. Lord, may we not harden our heart to Your speaking but receive Your mercy and grace to take Your admonition. Oh Lord, we want to hear Your voice and say Amen to Your speaking! Keep us open to Your speaking within us, through the environment, and through the saints, so that we may go on with You and be led by You into the full enjoyment of Christ as the good land!

 The Angel of Jehovah for His People to Take Possession of the Promised Land

- 2015 Summer Training, Crystallization-Study of Exodus (2), Message Eleven
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