Proper Alignment
by John Price
In Numbers 11 we see Israel complaining to Moses about not having meat. God’s response to Moses was two-fold: ‘Gather 70 elders to share the burden of this people’, and ‘You’ll eat meat till it comes out of your nose’. God seemed to be saying to Moses, “I am weary with this people and now I will not be requiring you to deal with them by yourself any longer.”
Numbers 11:16 & 17 gives us a clear understanding of how God was aligning and structuring His people. When you translate this passage it reads, “Assemble and put together your brothers (and sisters) so I can heap the anointing I have put on you, onto them, and marry them to my plan.”
In verse 24 of this same chapter, we see Moses “placing” the elders around the tabernacle. The word “placed” means “to stand in relationship with.” When they were standing in proper relationship, watch what happens to them–the LORD comes down in a cloud and places the same anointing on the 70 that was on Moses. When the Spirit rested on these placed ones, they prophesied. In Numbers 11:25, the word “gave, or placed” here means to frame, hang up, ordain, or pour. The word “rested upon” means “cause to be”!
Up until this point, they had been watching Moses move and operate in a realm of the Spirit that they themselves had never moved in or experienced. They were like many of us. We watch a minister and stand in awe of their anointing, never once considering that God wants us to experience the same revelatory flow.
The reason you frame a picture and hang it up is for others to see it. A picture is worth a thousand words. Instead of just looking at the picture, the Lord wanted them and us today to become part of the picture.
Interestingly, two of the elders were separated from Moses and the other 68 elders. Why they were not there is not written. However, notice something, when the release of the Spirit of prophesy that fell on Moses and the 68 elders in the Tabernacle occurred, something happened to the two not there. The Spirit of God also fell on the two elders in the camp! THEY PROPHESIED, too! (verse 26)
Their names were Eldad and Medad, and the Word of God states they were among those listed. Eldad means “God has loved”, and Medad means, “loving affection”. Even though the camp (reserve or army) was murmuring and complaining about how God was providing for them, He still demonstrated His love and affection for them by causing Eldad and Medad to prophesy in the camp. This was the medicine prescribed by the Great Physician to try to help them get out of the mess they had gotten themselves into.
Now, look what the reaction was to God moving among His people in a new expression of His love and affection. In Verses 27 and 28, a young man goes to Joshua and “rats on” Eldad and Medad. Joshua, in turn, ran to Moses, in a tizzy, requesting that Moses FORBID THEM. The use of “young man” in this account means “baby”, and “choice man”, referring to Joshua, means “youth”.
Much could be said here, but the major point is that when a new move of God breaks out in unusual ways, babies and the spiritually immature start screaming about it – especially when it’s not being released in a familiar fashion.
Moses had the right response! He stated that he wanted everyone to experience the outpouring of God’s Spirit. Verse 29 says, “Would to God that all the Lord’s people were prophets and He would put His Spirit upon them.”“Would” and “would put” are the same Hebrew word meaning “to flow, to frame, to hang up”. God was trying to get Israel to see the big picture – not just what was on the menu for the day.
Moses response was in line with Paul’s teachings in 1 Cor. 14:31 & 39, “For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged…. Therefore, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.”
So we see that when the 70 elders stepped into the picture by standing in relationship with Moses and one another (aligning), the Spirit of Prophesy fell. It didn’t matter that they weren’t physically in the same place. God released a message from the Throne expressing His love and affection to help them understand His desire to stand in covenant relationship with them (marry) and to establish His Kingdom plan.
There has never been a more critical time to examine with whom you are aligned. Whatever anointing they are flowing in will be heaped on you and YOU WILL PROPHESY!! Whatever wine they are drinking will be poured out on you! And not just once (like the elders) since we now have a better covenant!
I am very grateful to be aligned with Dr Chuck Pierce and Dr. Peter Wagner. Heap it on me LORD!!
John Price
Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!” He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant.
