Day 116 – Your reaction to Spiritual Disaster should reflect the Spiritual Compass of your heart.
Today’s Reading Ezra 8 – Nehemiah 1
Nehemiah 1:3-4 “And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.”As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.”
The story of Nehemiah never ceases to amaze me. It is the very scripture I was dissecting years ago when I was trying to decide whether to continue with HOPE House Ministries or begin a new Journey at the Florida Baptist Children’s Homes.
Nehemiah was no ordinary leader, he was extraordinarily plain, a commoner, a cupbearer to the King, who had a burden for his God, his Faith, and his People. Nehemiah didn’t just hear the news of destruction in his homeland and turn his head away, he prayed, fasted, and petitioned the King even when his life could be on the line.
How do you react when you hear of Spiritual Warfare and Destruction? What about when people go against your beliefs (those that are Biblically sound)? Do you turn your head? Do you close your eyes when you see a woman or child beaten, bruised, and crying? Do you have compassion for the least of these, those less fortunate than you?
OR do you see the need, the battle zone, and arm up?
Do you go to prayer and possibly fasting to seek the Lord and hear how He wants you to respond? Are you ready to make a change, a difference, for your Faith, your brothers and sisters in Christ, your God? Pray that God breaks YOUR Heart for what breaks HIS, and your heart too will be compelled to Action.
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