Remember the word that
you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will
scatter you among the peoples, 9 but
if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts
are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring
them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’
THE STUDY:
In
this prayer from Nehemiah we find it referring to Gods word (Leviticus 26:33 &
Deuteronomy 4:25-31). I wonder though, in this prayer, is Nehemiah reminding
God of His promise or is he reiterating to himself Gods promises?
God had said that,
if they broke covenant with him, he would scatter
them among the nations, and that threat was fulfilled in their captivity:
never was people so widely dispersed as Israel was at this time, though at
first so closely incorporated; but he had said withal that if they turned to him (as now they began to do,
having renounced idolatry and kept to the temple service) he would gather them again.[1]
If God were
not more mindful of his promises than we are of his instructions we should be
undone. Our best pleas therefore in prayer are those that are taken from the
promise of God, the word on which he has
caused us to hope, Ps. 119:49.[2]
WHAT WE CAN WALK AWAY
WITH ….
- We walk away this morning with the understanding that God doesn’t need to be reminded of His word. It is through God’s word we are reminded of His promises. His word is the very thing we need our prayers to resonate from. This is why it is so important for us to be in the word of God. So we may know the power of prayer.
APPLICATION:
Someone asked John Wanamaker: “How do you get
time to run a Sunday school with your four thousand scholars, in addition to
the business of your stores, your work as Postmaster-General, and other
obligations?” Instantly Mr. Wanamaker replied: “Why, the Sunday school is my
business! All other things are just things.
Forty-five years ago I decided that God’s promise was sure: “Seek ye first the
kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto
you.””
Today, let God’s promises be true
for you. Read his word and pray scripture! This will release the power of God
and bring us closer to Him.
Blessings my friends
Pastor Rod
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