"TESTING THE ROD'S"

2-25-13

S. Numbers 17:8 And the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony (the place inside of us where God dwells), and behold, the rod (correction/support of life) of Aaron (Light Bringer) for the house of Levi  had sprouted (to break out of leprosy/a skin or flesh disease) and brought forth buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.

0. Each of the twelve tribes tested the 'rods of their tribes'. The test was to put the 'symbol' of what was leading their lives (the rod) into the Ark (where God's presence dwelt) to see if there was life there. The only rod that ended up having any life was Aaron's..."The Light Bringer's" life.

A. I need to test the things in my life that either make my spirit alive, or make it decay. I need to test 'the rods' of so-called 'spirit increasers' in my personal 'ark/spirit'. I thought, at one time, that New Age meditation helped my spirit to grow in truth. But it was the WRONG 'ROD'! THIS kind of meditation left my spirit empty...without substance. But, when I found Jesus and inserted His Truth, My spirit was actually budding because the "Light Bringer's" 'rod' was in my 'spirit'! 

P. Father, You tell us to test what is Truth. You have opened my spiritual eyes to see what IS TRUTH! I thank You that YOU are the TRUTH and none other can bring life to my spirit but YOU!