Amos 3:7 Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets. I thought this was interesting. Does God still reveal his plans to His prophets before acting? If He does, are we listening? It makes sense, though. God doesn’t want to hurt His people. He’s rather have…
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Shepherd Prophets
I started reading Joel today. It’s similar to Hosea and Jeremiah and Isaiah in that it also warns Israel’s enemies of their coming doom. But Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Bible says something interesting: “GOD employed a shepherd, a herdsman, to reprove and warn the people. Those to whom God gives abilities for his…
Muddy Waters
Thoughts from Saturday Night Service at St. Pauls Presbyterian. Mark, one of the pastors at the church, did a segment during the sermon (about hearing from God), and a couple of things really struck me: 1. An analogy he used was a beach he goes to every year where the water is incredibly clear, and…
Paying Attention
Jeremiah 25:3 “For the past twenty-three years … the Lord has been giving me his messages. I have faithfully passed them on to you but you have not listened.” I didn’t realize that Jeremiah had been warning the Israelites for 23 years! Good grief! That’s a long time – for God to keep warning and…
To Hear His Voice
Jeremiah 23:18 But can you name even one of these prophets who knows the Lord well enough to hear what he is saying? Has even one of them cared enough to listen? There have been lots of times in my life when I have wished that God spoke more clearly (or maybe more audibly) to…
Tell Me Clearly
Psalm 5:8Lead me in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me. Tell me clearly what to do, and show me which way to turn. This is so often my heart’s cry. I want to do God’s will, and I want Him to show me what it is. The problem is that…
Ears Wide Open
Isaiah 55:3Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, for the life of your soul is at stake. Did you catch the part about the ears being wide open, not the eyes? We normally say our eyes were wide open, but this is different. Why ears? Have you ever watched a scary movie (or…
Complications
Isaiah 28:12-13 God’s people could have rest in their own land if they would only obey him, but they will not listen. So the Lord will spell out his message for them again, repeating it over and over, a line at a time, in very simple words. Yet they will stumble over this simple, straightforward…
