The Jealousy of God...

“The Jealousy of God”

The Spiritual Weight of Belonging

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Rain is falling in my head tonight, and my thoughts are so loud that I could not keep this to myself.

I had a conversation today that left me thinking deeply.

And honestly, I could not wait to come here and tell you about it.

A friend of mine lost his mother years ago. As I comforted him and asked what happened, he told me something that shocked me deeply.

His mother was a secondary school teacher. One day, she went to work healthy and fine, like every other day. During the course of teaching, she flogged a stubborn student.

She came back home later that day and one of her hands began to swell. Then the swelling spread. Within a week, she was dead.

Just like that.

And for years, whenever I remembered that story, my mind immediately went to one conclusion:

“Ah… that child must have been deep into witchcraft.”

But today, during a random conversation about traditions and spirituality, somebody said something that shifted my thinking completely.

And what I am about to say may sound strange at first, but stay with me.

In many traditional systems, there are people believed to be spiritually marked for a deity.

Some families are believed to have covenants tied to shrines, priesthoods, or spiritual service that began generations before the present members were even born.

And in many of these traditions, those people are considered “touchnot.”

Not because they are powerful by themselves, but because of what they belong to.

People fear harming them because they believe attacking them spiritually means provoking the force behind them.

Now, whether every story people tell about these things is true or not is not even my main point tonight.

My point is this:

Human beings understand the concept of spiritual ownership when it comes to traditional systems…

…but many believers do not fully understand what it means to belong to God.

That was my revelation today.

Because if ordinary spiritual systems can make people fear touching what belongs to them, then how much more the Living God?

The Bible says:

“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” — Colossians 3:3

Do you understand what that means?

Your life is hidden in Christ.

And Christ is in God.

That means your life is not ordinary.

You are not wandering through life abandoned and exposed.

You belong somewhere.

You belong to Someone.

And when the Bible says:

“What can man do unto me?” — Psalm 56:11

That is not motivational speaking.

That is revelation.

Because truly… what can man do when your life is hidden in God?

Now, this does not mean believers will never suffer. Even the apostles suffered persecution, hardship, imprisonment, and pain.

But it means that nothing can remove you from the hands of God.

Nothing can destroy the purpose of God over your life outside His permission.

Nothing can separate you from His love.

And suddenly, I began to understand the phrase:

“Touch not mine anointed.” — Psalm 105:15

Not from a place of pride.

Not from a place of superiority.

But from the understanding that there are people heaven has marked for purpose.

People God refuses to abandon.

People whose lives carry divine ownership.

And honestly… maybe that is what the jealousy of God truly means.

Not just that He does not want you bowing to idols.

But that God is deeply concerned about what concerns you.

Your peace.

Your heart.

Your destiny.

Your calling.

Your soul.

You belong to Him.

That is why Scripture says:

“Let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.” — Galatians 6:17

The marks.

The ownership.

The belonging.

And maybe that is the deepest comfort of all.

That your life is not in the hands of men.

If it truly were, many of us would not still be here today.

But we are held by God.

Covered by God.

Preserved by God.

So tonight, I just want you to remember this:

You are not abandoned.

You are not forgotten.

You are not walking alone.

You belong to God.

And heaven does not forget what belongs to it.