Journey of the Sons
of God to the Promised Land
Today’s Focus: Spirit
of Midian – History of Midian
Scripture: Genesis
25:1,2,5; Exodus 2:15-3:1
Greetings Sons of
God:
Genesis
25:1,2: Then again Abraham took a wife and her name was Keturah. And she bare him
Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
So as we can see Midian was a son of Abraham
through his wife Keturah but if you keep reading to Genesis 25:5 we see this:
Genesis
25:5: And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac
Now we know that Isaac was the child of
promise from the Lord and we also see that Abraham had many more sons besides
Isaac and Ishmael. Midian is one of
those sons. The name Midian means
“strife and contention”. The definition
of strife is heated or bitter conflict. So
when we examine the spirit of Midian we will examine the spirit of strife and
contention. Now Midian is also the name
of a people and place. Now let’s look at
the importance of Midian.
Exodus 2:15: Now when Pharoah hears this
thing, he sought to slay Moses. But
Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he
sat down by a well
So after killing the Egyptian Moses fled to
Midian (strife and contention) and it would be in Midian that he would marry
Zipporah and Jethro, the priest of Midian would become his father-in-law. It would be in Midian that Moses would
learn how to be a shepherd (Exodus 3:1).
He was taught by his father-in-law how to lead the flock and watch over
(pastor) the flock of his father, sounds familiar, very important spiritual
significance considering Moses would eventually be the one to lead the children
of Israel out of Egypt and through the wilderness.
So it sounds like Midian is a great place
because everything that happened for Moses but in the next message we will look
at the sin of the Midianites and see why it is a spirit that we as the sons of
God must overcome if we are to prepare ourselves to enter into the Promised
Land and receive our inheritance.
Peace, Love and
Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
