"Who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, and has perceived and heard His word? Who has marked His word and heard it?...If they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings...He who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully." - Jeremiah 23:18,22,29
"Ezra had set his heart to study to the Law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His (God's) statutes." Ezra 7:10
In Jeremiah 23 we find God's grief regarding false prophets who have misled and caused His people to err. In a land filled with false teaching and a nation with a love affair with sin, and heading toward disaster - God asks an honest question - Who will take the time to hear His Word? God was looking for messengers who would carry, not their own opinions - but His message by their character and their words. I believe God is still asking this question. One man who heard and responded to God's question was Ezra - and I believe He is still looking for 'Ezra's' who will take the time to study His Word, do His Word, and proclaim His Word (Ezra 7:10) Whose message is your life declaring? Will you take the time to seek His counsel through His Word and make an eternal impact with your life? Will you be an 'Ezra' in your world, in 2013?
"Ezra had set his heart to study to the Law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His (God's) statutes." Ezra 7:10
In Jeremiah 23 we find God's grief regarding false prophets who have misled and caused His people to err. In a land filled with false teaching and a nation with a love affair with sin, and heading toward disaster - God asks an honest question - Who will take the time to hear His Word? God was looking for messengers who would carry, not their own opinions - but His message by their character and their words. I believe God is still asking this question. One man who heard and responded to God's question was Ezra - and I believe He is still looking for 'Ezra's' who will take the time to study His Word, do His Word, and proclaim His Word (Ezra 7:10) Whose message is your life declaring? Will you take the time to seek His counsel through His Word and make an eternal impact with your life? Will you be an 'Ezra' in your world, in 2013?