Prayer
– Lord, people are once again panicking. They are racing out to buy toilet
paper and water because of threatened long-shore strikes. They just want to “be
prepared” in the event of a catastrophe. With the recent hurricanes and Middle
East war strikes, people are just on edge—but You told us not to worry or to cast
all our cares upon You. We can lay all of our burdens down at Your feet. What a
freeing thought. The weight on the anxiety is gone. Thank you. Give us wisdom
to prepare spiritually. You are what really matters.
Now
there were four men with leprosy sitting at the entrance of the city gates.
"Why should we sit here waiting to die?" they asked each other.
"We will starve if we stay here, but with the famine in the city, we will
starve if we go back there. So we might as well go out and surrender to the
Aramean army. If they let us live, so much the better. But if they kill us, we
would have died anyway." So at twilight they set out for the camp of the
Arameans. But when they came to the edge of the camp, no one was there! For the
Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the clatter of speeding chariots and
the galloping of horses and the sounds of a great army approaching. "The
king of Israel has hired the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us!" they
cried to one another. So they panicked and raced into the night, abandoning
their tents, horses, donkeys, and everything else, as they fled for their
lives. When the lepers arrived at the edge of the camp, they went into one tent
after another, eating and drinking wine; and they carried off silver and gold
and clothing and hid it. Finally, they said to each other, "This is not
right. This is a day of good news, and we aren't sharing it with anyone! If we
wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, let's
go back and tell the people at the palace." 2 Kings 7:3-9
Meditate
on these verses.
What are
you waiting for?
Like
those lepers are you do you sometimes feel like you are just waiting to die or
to be raptured? As they went into their enemies’ camp, they were given all they
needed. Then they realized that they needed share that good news with others. Do
we feel that need to share the Good News with others? No fear. No anxiety.
Breath. Love God and love others. Keep reading that chapter in Second Kings. The
people of the palace didn’t fare so well, in fact the king was trampled to death
by his own greedy people. They rushed out to plunder and returned with
provisions from the enemies’ camp, crushing the king on their way back home. It
was predicted and it happened just as Elisha the prophet had said.
Are
you familiar with the predictions of the last days as foretold in Ezekial by
the priest Ezekial, in Matthew by Jesus, in Thessalonians by Paul, and in
Revelation as recorded by John? Be ready. Read and study the end time prophecies
for yourself. Do you see them happening just as anticipated? Israel is back in
their land—the land promised to Abraham by God Himself. They are doing battle
for their very existence there now. Pray for the Jews…that they would see Jesus
as their Messiah and praise God for His perfect plan. It will get messy, but
the purity that God requires will happen according to His schedule. No evil
will remain in the end. God is holy and just. We can rely on Him as we wait for
His perfect timing. Are you choosing to patiently wait on the Creator God to
finish His design and purpose?
Verse
of Salvation ~ The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never
cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say
to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in
him!" The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for
him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD. Lamentations 3:22-26
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