Word of Encouragement for Every New Day ~ 26 Dec 2007

Word of Encouragement for Every New Day ~ 26 Dec 2007

Nehemiah 9: 26 "But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they put your law behind their backs. They killed your prophets, who had admonished them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies. 27 So you handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies. 28 "BUT AS SOON AS THEY WERE AT REST, THEY AGAIN DID WHAT WAS EVIL IN YOUR SIGHT. Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion you delivered them time after time. Today’s word is this: Do we take God for granted? Many of us in our own ways are rebellious to God. We know that He does not like what we are doing, and yet we still do it. In many ways we have turned our backs on God, and yet when we need Him we call on Him. Verse 27 is vital in our daily life, especially with our relationship with God. Why? Because it says, “So you handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you…and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies. Verse 27 is so important because, God allows oppression in our lives to “wake us up!” to send us signals that He isn’t happy. When we realize this, then we cry out to God to show us compassion, and to rescue us. But the moment God shows us compassion what do we do? Verse 28 "BUT AS SOON AS THEY WERE AT REST, THEY AGAIN DID WHAT WAS EVIL IN YOUR SIGHT. God stays constant, His love for us never changes, and He will keep showing us compassion as Nehemiah 9 clearly shows us all, but when are we going to draw the line, stop what God doesn’t like us doing, and really not take God for granted. © Dec 2007 Shaun Lee