A Devotional Look at the Book #529

A Devotional Look at the Book #529

 

A Thought for today by Papa “J”

Time is an allotment of the grace of God. Not for mankind to eventually get it right; but that he might understand the greatness of the sacrifice of Christ. Hebrews 9:23-28

A DAY IN THE PAST, THE PRESENT OR THE FUTURE

Things that get our attention are usually of a threatening nature; you know like a tropical depression that develops into hurricane, or an economic depression that can develop into a financial armageddon. These types of conditions may be nothing more than a forecast of some future expectation which may occur. Yet when these events occur it is no longer a forecast but a very real and prevailing condition to experience. Now this is not rocket science is it? In fact; if it were I would not have enough knowledge in the rest of this paragraph to fill in the remaining blanks. So here is the point. There are enough Biblical accounts for you and me to discern the signs of the times. Matthew 16:1-3. There are enough examples in the Biblical accounts of men and women in prayer who ask God to intervene for their nation; such as Daniel 9:3-19 and the apostle Paul in Romans 10:1-13 and Hebrews 11:17-40. There are many extra biblical accounts of men like George Muller of Bristol who relied on prayer and faith in God to move mountains. So what is it that we need in our days ahead as we face a forecast of depression regarding our national downfall? We need prevailing prayer… Jeremiah 33:3. There is nothing new under the sun that prayer cannot override and will if we would only pray.

Comment to Continue in Ezra and Nehemiah

I suppose there is a need for me to reconsider the observations into the Book of Ezra and the following Book of Nehemiah. The books hold much about the history of Israel as these people are released from captivity and returned to their homeland. But there is a lot of downtime for me to research the data that is just not easy to lay hold of. Besides I find a greater joy and blessing in leading us to a more personal relationship with the LORD.

So I hope you will be praying with me for God to direct us to another area of scripture that will encourage us to grow in the grace and knowledge of the LORD, and to sanctify Christ as LORD in our hearts; 1 Peter 3:15 and 2 Peter 3:18. Yesterday I was excited that the tabernacle and the temple are Old Testament examples of the witness of God’s Will for us.

That is; that God is in the world reconciling the world through the message of the gospel of His Son Jesus Christ. That God is not willing that any should perish and that all should be saved; 2 Peter 3:9. God does this by restoring fellowship with Him and placing His Holy Spirit in our soul where prevailing prayer is developed and ongoing victory is the experience for each of us daily.