Heartlamp
Zephaniah 1:12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, ‘The LORD will not do good, nor will he do ill.’
My heart is troubled, for I am seeing those in the circle of influence that God has given me becoming hard hearted, and yes even complacent as the prophet Zephaniah speaks of here. God has been putting people before me that are angry with society, angry with life, even angry with God. He has been putting before me those that place everything higher on their priority list than their relationship with God. He has been putting before me those that are complacent in their faith or lack thereof. He has been putting before me those that are all but uttering the words of denial…….my heart is troubled. I am not perfect; I have experienced all of these traits at some time in my life except the denial of God. Even at my lowest points, pinnacles of sins, I knew I was sinning but Satan had me convinced of the temporal pleasurable pursuits of it. I hang my head in repentant shame for all those paths I ran; ran from God into sin.
The book of Zephaniah is a prophecy book of God’s impending judgement on the sins of Judah. It is a book that uses the term “the day of the Lord” more than any other book (Judgement Day). I don’t know how you could be breathing and not see the similarities of how steep our nation is in sin. We live in a double standard spineless society that seeks to please everyone and bends the truth to fit everyone. We have lost the ability to say, “wrong is wrong” and uphold the moral laws that originated on two stone tablets. God will hold us accountable for all our actions at a future time determined by Him. Philippians 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Oh how I pray that God will use me to encourage you to draw closer to Him. My prayer is that you respond with a humble repentant heart that seeks to abide in Him. My prayer is that you focus on your relationship to God more than any single other pursuit in life. There is nothing else in your life that has eternal consequences. Judah was being judged for their pursuits of idolatry too; their pursuits of “stuff.” Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth. Pray to God today to show you what stands before Him in line; ask Him to reveal it to you and to give you the heart and strength to put Him first. A humble heart before Him will be a changed heart through Him. He knows your heart; his lamp brings to light every, single thing.
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