History was one of my favorite subjects in school. The often repeated phrase, "Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it" would have been well received on this day of worship. We've read about the revival of the Word of God as Ezra and the scribes read and explained and a great spirit of repentance and confession came over the people in our recent studies.
Today we'll see that a history lesson was used to solidify God's object lesson. Some of you might not share my passion for history...maybe you don't find yourself enjoying the History channel or documentaries...but you can still get the picture of how God works in our lives and in the life of a nation.
This History lesson begins with Abram and brings to remembrance how God brought him out of Ur and found a faithful heart in him....to Moses who is used of God to bring deliverance to his people, to the kingdom of Israel, to the time when they were dispersed to foreign lands. It was a story of a people following God and being greatly blessed to a people who forgot God and become stiff necked. It is a story of the grace of God even in the midst of disobedience. The story...their very own story....brought the people of Nehemiah's day to a a place of decision. Chapter 9 ends with the following promise. 9: 38 “In view of all this,
we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our
leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.” Tomorrow we will look at that agreement. Today....take a look at your own History and see how God has lead you to where you are right now. I pray you will be taken with the heart of the people of Israel and that you will have your own awakening which brings worship, confession and repentance.
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