The Uncompromisables

Exodus 2:1-2 And a man of the house of Levi went and took [as wife] a daughter of Levi. So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he [was] a beautiful [child,] she hid him three months.

Exodus 2:15-16 Now when Pharaoh heard 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. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Exodus 2:21-22 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. And she bare [him] a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

In these three verses, you get to notice a pattern. Moses’ parents weren’t just anyone! They each were from the tribe of Levi, which was the priestly tribe of Israel. When Moses encountered Zipporah, God had fabricated it in such a way that if they were to fall in love, a specific fundamental was in place; and that was that a priest married a priest.

Note that Zipporah wasn’t a Levite, but she was a priest’s daughter! That was uncompromisable. ‘Yes, get married, but she has to be of royal priestlihood decency.’ I seem to hear God say.

When Abraham wanted to find a wife for Isaac, he insisted that Eliezer returned to his home people in Ur and not the Canaanites who lived in the land which the Lord had given him. Why didn’t he compromise that aspect!

Maybe God instructed Abraham to send for a maid from his former home. He couldn’t compromise that. Abraham also refused Isaac from being taken out of the promised land just to select a suitor.

In Deuteronomy 7, when God is giving the Israelites the Canaan land, He warns them not to intermarry with the tribes that existed there.

There’s an aspect of purity in all of this. The first scenario, we see God working out the marriage of generations by His own working. Maybe you haven’t married yet because God is working on your priestliness or your spouse’s.

Maybe you have botched it in life, because you made a move without consulting Him. Or, that you’ve disobeyed a command He gave;

Listen, Matthew 5:8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

When God tells you to tithe, it’s uncompromisable! When He tells you to trust Him with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, it is uncompromisable! When He asks you not to be unequally yoked, do not compromise!

Most times we find ourselves moving one step in front and three steps behind because we were impure of heart. And now, because of His grace and mercy, He has to clean up our mess and put us back on track, but child of God, for how long will this folly continue?

The issue is no longer about a gracious God. The real danger is you losing time, and the devil isn’t letting you see it. You find that your over compromising is delaying your heavenly calendar.

The picture I see is you having your wedding scheduled in Mombasa, Kenya. God asked you to use a plane from Entebbe, Uganda, but you decided to travel by car! The journey that would have taken you 45 to 60 minutes by air, ends up being 10 days.

If all factors stay constant, and the guests wait for you still, you’ll realize it’s you delaying yourself from saying ‘I do’. But your compromising affects lots more! Not all your guests are going to stay in Mombasa.

They flew in a day before your special day, and your being irresponsible won’t keep them there. They’ll fly back after the time they had designated to be there as they have other things to attend to back home. Heck, perhaps there’s another couple that has designated to be renting the venue you chose for your wedding on the 10th day after the day yours was.

It has all become a mess. And you begin to cry bitterly wondering where God is! Sister, brother, you compromised when He instructed you to do something… and that’s why you aren’t seeing Him in that moment!

Stick to do whatever He asks you to, without a second thought, and your purity will result into you seeing Him (Matt 5:8)

Sometimes, we’ve also listened to the counsel of the ungodly (Psalm 1:1) or conformed to the standards of this world; (Rom 12:2), saying things such as ‘sex before marriage won’t hurt a bit’ … My friend, from such lies keep away!

DO

NOT

COMPROMISE!