noun
1. the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method. "I filed the cards in alphabetical order" 2. an authoritative command, direction, or instruction.
"he was not going to take orders from a mere administrator"
verb 1. give an authoritative direction or instruction to do something. "she ordered me to leave"
2. request (something) to be made, supplied, or served.
"my friend ordered the tickets last week"
Life Questions
How's your sense and bent towards order in this world, putting things and people in their rightful place? What are the guides and principles that you abide by in taking and receiving orders? Is God a mathematician or an artist? Consider the chaos and order of the natural and man made world as you soak in the verses below.
Deuteronomy 8:2 Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
Deuteronomy 29:12 You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the Lord your God, a covenant the Lord is making with you this day and sealing with an oath,
2 Chronicles 19:9 He gave them these orders: “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the Lord.
Job 25:2 “Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.
Job 38:12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,
Proverbs 24:27 Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
Mark 7:9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!
Acts 20:29-31 I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard!
Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Romans 7:4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
Romans 8:3,4 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Romans 15:7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Galatians 3:14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
Ephesians 1:18,19 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.
Ephesians 2:6,7 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
Colossians 2:2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Titus 3:14 Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives.
Hebrews 2:17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
Revelation 21:4,5 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’[a] or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”