DOING EXPLOITS!

What is an exploit?  The dictionary describes it as a 'brilliant feat'!

One of my favourite characters in the Bible is Phinehas - the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the High Priest who walked with Moses during the time of the Exodus of the Hebrew people from Egypt.

The amazing story of a man who was described by God as 'jealous with my jealousy' was a man who 'rose up' and did a mighty exploit for his God - read the whole story in Numbers 25.

This man did not compromise, neither was he afraid, when it came to serving his God.

Psalm 106:30 & 31 tell us:

Then stood up Phinehas (the priest) and executed judgement, and so the plague was stayed.

And that was credited to him for righteousness (right doing and right standing with God) to all generations forever.

The end result of this was that God made a covenant with Phinehas in Numbers 25:12

Behold I give to Phinehas, the priest, My covenant of peace.

25:13 And he shall have it, and his descendants after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.

God gave an amazing gift to Phinehas and we have proof that He kept His promise.  Many generations later, we come to the book of Ezra.  When God moved on the hearts of unsaved kings, and caused His people to return to rebuild His temple in Jerusalem, a wise and respected man comes on to the scene to take his important place in this task - Ezra - a descendent of Phinehas!  God does not break His promises.

Ezr 7:6  ...this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a ready scribe in the Law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all he asked, according to the hand of Jehovah his God on him.

When we truly love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength, we set in motion things that will benefit those we may never meet - because of God's great faithfulness.