FAITH CAPSULE: With understanding, seek for God’s eyes and His hand in the course of life journey.
Ezra 8
God that does not look away or block His ear from man in times of challenges is waiting to act on behalf of man that waits on Him. Are you seeking God by waiting on Him for His divine intervention? The Israelites waited on God in times of challenges. Exodus 2:23-25 recorded, “Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.” At the time of Israelites looking up to God was evidently the beginning of deliverance from bondage of over four hundred years.
At God’s appointed time to act on behalf of the Israelites out of bondage, God said to Moses, “But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand. So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and after that he will let you go. And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed.” (Exodus 3:19-21) When God brought them out with His hand upon them, they did not go empty handed. The hand of God for deliverance answered with favor which plundered the Egyptians. (Exodus 3:22)
Are you consciously seeking God by waiting on Him? Just like the children of Israelites, Ezra waited on God by seeking Him. It is written, “…The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.”(Ezra 8:22) We must seek God to serve God and He will always make good for those who desires to serve Him.
The same hand of God brought Ezra and the children of Israel out of captivity. Understand to be seeking for God’s eyes and His hand in the course of life journey.
Take to the warning word of God, “Understand, you senseless among the people; and you fools, when will you be wise? He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see? (Psalm 94:8-9) Whatever you do not understand will not work for you. Foolishness which is rooted in lack of understand makes man not know that the one who gives ear, eye does have eye to see and ear to hear. Gain understanding to gain place before God.
Believe it that the eye of God and His hand will keep you going with favor.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be seeking Him by waiting for His hand.