Some Lessons from Sept & OT
looking back at the month of Sept, I believe tt God is teaching me to look to Him when I 1st smell trouble/problem, rather than react to it 1st, can’t handle well, emotionally drained then suddenly remembered tt I’ve forgotten to seek Daddy. I realized, many times, man tends to solve whatever problems on their own, react to things w/o thinking thru & praying thru, in the end getting themselves into bigger problems before asking Daddy for help. It’s like, if we had sought Him 1st, then tt would’ve saved us quite a bit of trouble & emotional tiredness
As I read the book of Jeremiah & Lamentations, there’s this recurring idea tt the pple din seek God & turn from their wicked ways, tt’s y the Lord continued as He had decreed to punish them severely with the attacks from Assyria & Babylon, & later the exile to Babylon. What a heavy bloodshed as a price for not turning back to God. In a similar manner, tho not as serious, we often stick to our views, our way of doing things w/o seeking God until sthg bad happens. & usually we wait till we suffered a bit b4 lamenting tt we’ve sinned. So typical of humans, the Israelites then & us now, after so many centuries, nothing has changed in human character. But we can always give thanks to God for His promise to Solomon in 2Chr 7:14, tt if we, who are called by His name, will humble ourselves and pray and seek God’s face and turn from our wicked ways, then He will hear from heaven and will forgive our sins and will heal our land.
Out of point, you may think… I was 1st talking abt looking to God when problems 1st arise, why on earth I go on to talk abt sin & seeking God & turn from our wicked ways? When problems arise, it may not be punishment from God bcos of our sin (read Jesus’ reply in John 9:3). But if we insist on solving our way, we r kinda depriving God of the glory due Him, or it may be not having the faith tt God is our help, & tt’s sin. God’s promise to Solomon means tt at anytime we realized tt, & humble ourselves, pray & seek Him, acknowledging tt we’ve sin & unable to solve the problems by our own strength, He’ll hear from Heaven & be our help in times of need. Therefore, dun be like the stubborn Israelites, insisting on their idolatry until they had been taken captive to Babylon, then the remnants prayed to God. Seek Him 1st in everything & He’ll be our help & strength in times of trouble. & even if we have to go thru all those tough times, we can be sure tt we can have the joy & strength in Him to go thru it all… :)
As I read the book of Jeremiah & Lamentations, there’s this recurring idea tt the pple din seek God & turn from their wicked ways, tt’s y the Lord continued as He had decreed to punish them severely with the attacks from Assyria & Babylon, & later the exile to Babylon. What a heavy bloodshed as a price for not turning back to God. In a similar manner, tho not as serious, we often stick to our views, our way of doing things w/o seeking God until sthg bad happens. & usually we wait till we suffered a bit b4 lamenting tt we’ve sinned. So typical of humans, the Israelites then & us now, after so many centuries, nothing has changed in human character. But we can always give thanks to God for His promise to Solomon in 2Chr 7:14, tt if we, who are called by His name, will humble ourselves and pray and seek God’s face and turn from our wicked ways, then He will hear from heaven and will forgive our sins and will heal our land.
Out of point, you may think… I was 1st talking abt looking to God when problems 1st arise, why on earth I go on to talk abt sin & seeking God & turn from our wicked ways? When problems arise, it may not be punishment from God bcos of our sin (read Jesus’ reply in John 9:3). But if we insist on solving our way, we r kinda depriving God of the glory due Him, or it may be not having the faith tt God is our help, & tt’s sin. God’s promise to Solomon means tt at anytime we realized tt, & humble ourselves, pray & seek Him, acknowledging tt we’ve sin & unable to solve the problems by our own strength, He’ll hear from Heaven & be our help in times of need. Therefore, dun be like the stubborn Israelites, insisting on their idolatry until they had been taken captive to Babylon, then the remnants prayed to God. Seek Him 1st in everything & He’ll be our help & strength in times of trouble. & even if we have to go thru all those tough times, we can be sure tt we can have the joy & strength in Him to go thru it all… :)
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