Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Day 332..."Dreadful by land and sea...Nebuchadnezzar eats grass...Mind your own business"

The forecast for Tyre looks pretty bleak by horses covering everyone with dust and the mariners even hissing..."The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.’” A dreadful end. This seems to sum up many of these chapters in Ezekiel.

Nebuchadnezzar has another dream. Daniel interprets. Nebuchadnezzar must have been startled to learn the tree being cut down was symbolic of his fall. He would even eat grass. (see Saul) Nebuchadnezzar fairs better as he is restored after his fall.

Paul has practical teachings in I Thessalonians like minding your own business..."to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands." He also says test the spirits to make sure they are of God..."Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil."
He also challenges to lift up the fainthearted.

He also says the Lord's coming will be as a thief in the night..."For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night." Like the Gospel of Matthew teaches...we are to be ready.

1 Comments:

At 3:59 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

In today's readings, we see in Nebuchadnezzar the difference in knowing about God and knowing God as Lord. Nebuchadnezzar has an experience that all who come to know God seem to follow... being humbled! God wants to enjoy each of us in a close relationship. However, that relationship only comes through Jesus by our being humbled or humbling ourselves and asking. Praise God, He loves us sooooo much, that He keeps after us.

 

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