“They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing]; they have made princes or removed them [without consulting Me; therefore], I knew and recognized [them] not.”
Dear people of God, we should always seek God FIRST in all things because He is our Creator and Father and He loves us with an everlasting love.
Even I who am writing this piece sometimes fail to do so and I suffer unpleasant consequences as a result.
You can see from today’s lead Holy Bible text that the Israelites at a time set up kings, appointed and removed princes without consulting God and God said they acted without His blessing and He therefore neither knew nor recognized them.
Rather than follow God Almighty, they were busy creating idol images from silver and gold and worshipping inanimate objects.
I have studied several portions of the Holy Bible and even followed the history of the Israelites as they journeyed from Egypt through the wilderness and into the promised land of Canaan and beyond that era.
One common thing I see is that every time the Israelites sinned against God through idolatry, God would allow them fall into the hands of their enemies who would punish them.
Whenever they repented, God would intervene in their favour to grant them freedom. Today, it is the same God we are dealing with because He says He does not change – Malachi 3:6a; Hebrews 13:8.
In this era of Christianity, God and Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has given us His Word in the Holy Bible and His Holy Spirit to teach, guide and lead us always.
When you deliberately invite the Holy Spirit into your life and study God’s Word, the Holy Spirit would always guide, protect and bless you as long as you live in strict obedience to God’s commandments.
On the other hand, whenever you disobey God, you expose yourself to the devil who is always ready to do evil to afflict God’s children.
This same problem is what is playing out in churches and even countries in today’s world.
Many nations and some churches are engaged in idolatry and outright disobedience of God’s laws but they still pray to God and expect God to bless them.
Look at what God’s Word says in Proverbs 28:9, “He who turns away his ear from hearing the law [of God and man], even his prayer is an abomination, hateful and revolting [to God].”
Therefore, nobody or nation can disobey God deliberately and not expect some unpleasant consequences.
Again, let us see what God says in Hosea 8:1b, “[The enemy] comes as a [great] vulture against the house of the Lord, because they have broken My covenant and transgressed against My law.”
In some of today’s churches, you find pastors misleading and misguiding their congregations, abusing them verbally, sexually and financially, engaged in idolatry and rituals to attract members and all manner of reprehensible atrocities.
With these atrocities, they deliberately open the gates to the enemy satan to come in and they erroneously believe God is still with them. How wrong they are!!
Dear friend, God cannot be mocked, for it is what a person sows that he or she would reap.
It is time for people and nations to realize their folly in thinking and believing that they can do without God. They simply cannot because the consequences are devastating.
It is time for them to repent sincerely, confess their sins to God, return to His ways and consult Him in every area of their lives. Only then would things go well for them.
A Word is enough for the wise.
May the good Lord bless you as you heed His Word today, act on it and share with others in Jesus’ Most Righteous Name, Amen.
Gabriel Ama.
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