Good Morning Friends,
“Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing
without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. The lion has roared --
who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken -- who can but prophesy?”
(Amos 3:7-8)
Consider the compassion of the Lord that is
shown by the fact that He always warned His people before acting. He certainly
didn’t have to. He chose to, because His desire was to see them repent and come
back to Him. What God did among His people He always did so they would learn
and grow.
Each of the prophets of the Old Testament --
and those of the New, as well -- is a gift from God.
Consider what it would have been like to have
been a prophet. It couldn’t have been easy to bring the kind of messages the
prophets usually brought. Their messages were rarely pleasant. They were almost
always a precursor to the discipline that the Lord was preparing to bring upon His
people. The prophets had to be among the most unpopular people around.
Though their task was not easy and it made
them unpopular, they had no choice but to bring the message God had given to
them. When the Lord revealed His message to them -- when He spoke -- they had
no option but to pass on His message.
Sometimes the assignments the Lord gives His
people -- even His deeply loved and valued people -- can be very difficult. Thank
God that the prophets were willing to be faithful to fulfill the difficult
assignments the Lord laid upon them. They were a gift from God.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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