The Devotional - A complaint!

The Devotional

Comment: When a person goes out on a limb so to speak, it is also like the slogan; walking on thin ice, this meaning that they do not have much evidence to stand on. The two main flaws of evidence then is either a lack of use, or a lack of research. The remaining factor is belief in what you are projecting to others. It is and always will be FAITH that provides the final conviction in what one does with TRUTH from the Living Word of God. Faith solidifies the use and the research of the Holy Word of God for all who prepare to “seek” (study) the Law of the LORD and DO IT, and to TEACH the statutes and ordinances of God to people groups – Ezra 7:10. 

Devotional: History in the Old Testament is often viewed as nothing more than a migration of Nomads from a land called Ur who eventually ended up in the land of Canaan. Also this tribe of Nomads (Israel) from the world’s perspective was a blight on earth. When Zerubbabel returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple, he and his company of laborers were met with opposition and the rebuilding ceased temporarily, but notice the letter that was sent to King Artaxerxes by the opposition.

Ezra 4:8-22 – I will just focus on some to the words in the letter but please take the time to read the whole letter. I think you will find out how people will use the “legal” highway to accomplish an evil task and often win. Do we not see this in our day with the inclusion of “rights” for people of idolatrous and immoral practices? 

Doing diligence, most cases in politics have little to stand on if the process of diligence is left out. We are witnesses of this in our own government when leading politicians enact law that is not by the people and for the people. Things that are normal for freedom and liberty are adjudicated as obsolete and after that we hear words that are meaningless like “peace and so forth” Ezra 4:17.

In the letter from Rehum, the commander who wrote to King Artaxerxes regarding the company of Zerubbabel who were in Jerusalem to rebuild the temple we see that this commander along with the backing of the leading men of various countries including Samaria, wrote and requested that a search of the records would reveal that the Jews in the city of Jerusalem “back in the day!” were rebellious and had “harmful kings” that these Jews always incited sedition (rebellion) against those who were not Jewish.

The king sent his answer and it is in agreement with Rehum. The kings’ search of the records reveals that Jewish revolt was a factor and that rebellion and sedition were an ongoing problem for these nations. Yes too, the kings’ search revealed that the kings of Israel took the tax revenue from the land and this was the final verdict. Ezra 9:21-22.

Honestly, in my heart I feel the need for people like, Zerubbabel, Ezra and Nehemiah in our country TODAY. Why should we saints of the Living God melt in our heart as we watch our country give itself over to idolatry and immorality. I hear the voices of prominent men it the pulpit today who say: “well we will just continue to pray and watch how the course of this nation goes?” I have said it before and will say it again – “BAH HUMBUG”.

Men and women of the true church, we need to take a stand like these Old Testament Saints, take a look at Hebrews 11:1 – 12:2 and notice verse Hebrews 11:38-40. Today I feel as though many in Christendom today are not worthy, we do not have a good testimony of FAITH, we walk about on “thin ice” because we are unsaintly examples of the title of “Christ in us” because we lack the power and righteous of Christ to make the “limb” bend. We look no different that the secular world around us.