Welcome again to Week 2 within the e-book of Ezra!
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Ezra 6
The temple is lastly constructed! Folks confronted opposition. They confronted super discouragement that made them query the timing of the challenge and as a substitute give attention to constructing their very own properties. God despatched the prophet Haggai to them to rebuke them and encourage them to attempt to construct God's temple. He and Zechariah inspired the folks to rise from their apathy and melancholy and end the work to which God had referred to as them.
Folks listened to the prophets. They repented of constructing their very own snug homes whereas neglecting the home of God. They assigned monks to their divisions, celebrated the Passover collectively, and now they’re rewarded. God's temple is completed and they’re joyful.
God's folks rejoiced after they obeyed the voice of the prophets and accomplished the duty to which God had referred to as them. The reward for our obedience is the enjoyment of God's presence. Consider the final time you listened to one thing God requested of you. Did you’re feeling pleasure? Is there one thing that God could also be asking of you proper now, however you’re feeling caught? Go forward and hearken to him and expertise the enjoyment of the Lord once more!
Ezra 7
Lastly Ezra comes on the scene. He returns from Babylon to Jerusalem with lower than 2,000 males plus girls and youngsters. He obtained a letter from King Artaxerxes permitting all who wished to return to Jerusalem with Ezra to go, and in addition granted him the whole lot else he requested for. God favored Ezra as a result of he selected to review God's legislation. It acknowledged that he was a talented scribe, and even King Artaxerxes acknowledged that he was stuffed with the knowledge of God.
Once we set our hearts to know God's phrase, we acquire nice knowledge. Proverbs says that the concern of the Lord is the start of knowledge. James says that if we lack knowledge, all now we have to do is ask, as a result of God provides knowledge generously. It doesn't matter in case you are a brand new Christian, have walked with God most of your life, or have been away from God for some time and are simply coming again to him, God desires us to hunt him in his phrase. Because you're doing this research, I do know that's what you're doing. How has your knowledge grown on account of searching for God and his phrase? Having information is nice, however now we have to recollect it with a purpose to expertise it in on a regular basis life. Proceed! God loves you a lot.
Ezra 8
Ezra and all those that selected to return to Jerusalem embark on the journey from Babylon to Jerusalem, a journey that may take roughly 4 months. As they set out on their journey, they run into an issue. They carry with them huge quantities of wealth and valuables which have been given to them. On their approach, they wanted safety from potential robbers. Since Ezra had shared God's energy with the king, he felt it might be a poor testimony to ask for an escort to accompany them for cover. They wanted to depend on God to be their safety on this lengthy journey. Ezra divided the property among the many Levites they usually then set out on their journey. God protected all of them the best way they usually arrived in Jerusalem safely with all of the silver, gold and valuables that had been given to them.
Ezra made the folks humble themselves, quick, and pray for cover. He then declared that the hand of our God is nice to all who search him. His phrases on this chapter echo what Paul mentioned within the e-book of Romans. Romans 8:28 says that God works all issues for good to those that love him and are referred to as based on his objective. Are you going through a interval of uncertainty proper now? Possibly you don't know what to do. Are you within the midst of a troublesome state of affairs the place you or a liked one wants safety in an space of your life? Search God. His hand is for good to those that search him. His promise is that it doesn’t matter what we face or how dire issues appear proper now, He’ll flip it for good and for His glory.
Ezra 9
Ezra's pleasure at arriving in Jerusalem rapidly dissipated when the leaders got here and informed him that the folks had damaged God's command to not affiliate with the heathen nations round them. Even monks and Levites started to marry. Ezra is devastated and horrified. God supernaturally delivered them from their captivity they usually returned to Jerusalem with the complete blessing of the king. Regardless of their hardship, they rebuilt the temple and at the moment are rebuilding town. Ezra arrived with a second group of Jews, carrying monumental wealth and valuables. Nevertheless, regardless of God's nice victory, they didn’t stay devoted, however as a substitute intermarried with the heathen nations round them.
Folks not solely intermarried with pagan nations, however even started to undertake a number of the idolatry of the encompassing nations. Lower than 100 years have handed and the individuals are repeating the identical sin that led to their captivity. Many occasions we’re most weak proper after a giant victory and the enemy takes benefit of this chance to put a lure in our path. Have you ever been responsible of falling again into an outdated sin that God had beforehand delivered you from? Do what Ezra did, get down in your knees and repent of this sin, cry out to him for grace and therapeutic. He guarantees that after we do, He’ll hear us and restore us.
Ezra 10
As Ezra prays and weeps earlier than God for the sin of his nation, a big crowd gathers and begins to weep with him. The final 26 verses checklist the names of many monks who married pagan wives, a few of whom had youngsters with these wives. Then one of many males, Shechaniah, stands up and calls the folks to repentance and restoration. The folks realized that if God was to show to them once more, they need to take radical steps of obedience and cleanse their land and their properties of the pagan influences they’d invited.
Repentance from sin at all times requires radical obedience to God's Phrase. Even a small sin left unchecked will ultimately unfold and infect each space of our lives. When Shechaniah addressed the folks, he inspired them: “Stand up, be robust and do it. To recommend that motion and braveness could be wanted in the event that they have been to maintain what God had already commanded. Is there an space of your life the place radical obedience is required? Be robust and observe what you understand God is asking of you. Should you arise and be robust and do it, God will make it easier to.
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