February 14 – Judges 6:7-10

-

February 14 – Judges 6:7-10

 

7  When the people of Israel cried out to the LORD on account of the

Midianites,  8  the LORD sent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I led you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of slavery.  9  And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you and gave you their land.  10  And I said to you, ‘I am the LORD your God; you shall not fear the gods of the

Amorites in whose land you dwell.’ But you have not obeyed my voice.”

 

The rebellious Israelites once again find themselves in need of urgent help and call out to God.  God is no stranger to their cries and sent a prophet to teach them.  Again we see God supplying His land with faithful ministers and showing mercy on the Israelites.  Still, He is not happy with their rebellion and will bring them to repentance. 

 

It’s easy to point our fingers and say “those foolish Israelites.  Won’t they ever learn from their mistakes?”  Yet, how often do we find ourselves in similar situations of crying out to God for forgiveness and mercy?  God hears our prayers and our disparity.  Earnestly seek God for forgiveness of your rebellious spirit, sin or disobedience.  God is a forgiving God.  Yes, there may be consequences, but He will be beside you on your path.  Also seek to learn from your mistakes and ask God to help guide you into paths of obedience.  Seek Godly counsel through Christian mentors who might help with accountability.

 

Heavenly Father, help me to seek You and Your counsel as I strive to be obedient to You and Your ways.  Help me to seek advice from those who love You rather than those who love the world.  Help me be one who cries out to You for direction before I make decisions rather than crying out to You to exempt me from consequences.  I want to walk in Your ways and always be one who shows Your love through everything I do.  Help me to love You and Your ways, not just Your blessings.  Thank You for loving me even when I don’t deserve Your love, which is most of the time.  Thank You Father, for being You.

 

In Jesus’ name.

Amen!     

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Welcome to "When God Whispers"

-
Welcome to “When God Whispers”   I hope you are blessed by our verses, questions, and conversation about our love for Jesus. Please let us know how we can pray for you. Feel free to send us a private message or email me at the email below. We want to minister to you, and the best way we can do that is through specific prayer. If you would like to be invited to join our Facebook group, please reach out to me on Facebook. My name is Lori Welch Morgan. Friend me and let me know you want to be in our group, and I will invite you. Please feel free to email me at LoriTheDisciple@gmail.com, or call or text me at 918-344-5656 We do ask that you help us out by following a few simple requests: We want everyone to feel safe to share their thoughts in this group. We ask that if you have a different philosophy from someone else that you share your thoughts, but please do not insinuate someone else is wrong. Acceptable statements start with: What I have seen in scripture is... I feel tha...
Read more

July 16 – Genesis 45:21-28

-
July 16 – Genesis 45:21-28   Click on the link to listen to the content of this post: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whengodwhispers/episodes/July-16--Genesis-4521-28-e270a7j Oh, heavenly Father, it is so difficult to give grace to those who have hurt me, but I know it is not only what You expect from me, but it is what is best for me.  Help me to not hold grudges.  Help me to have grace and mercy for those, just like me, that have made mistakes.  It isn’t my place to judge, but Yours alone.  Help me to remember all I have been forgiven so I can see the way to forgive others.  Satan works overtime to tell me I deserve to be angry, and it is my right to withhold forgiveness, but You have forgiven so much.  You have not only forgiven me, but You have already forgiven that person who hurt me.  Help me to not hold back forgiveness that will only put a wedge between You and me.  I don’t want anything to come between us, Father.  Help...
Read more

July 20 –Genesis 47:13-22

-
  July 20 –Genesis 47:13-22 Click on link to listen to content of this post: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/M2klJcYOABb Father God, help me be a person who shows concern for others to a point where I am uncomfortable. So often we are willing to help others, but not if it puts us out or causes us work. Help me love unconditionally and act on that love. Joseph spent most of his life with Egyptians, but certainly not in comfort until the last years regarding the famine, but yet he grew to love them to a degree he worked to make their lives better. I pray Father that You help me to love like that. Help me remember to act on the love for others and be Jesus to those around me. In Jesus’ name. Amen! I find this so interesting. Joseph, not an Egyptian, sold into slavery, and imprisoned in Egypt for years because of an Egyptian who lied about him. But here he acted out of great concern for the Egyptians, basically saving their lives. Jospeh looked out for the welfar...
Read more