Heart Like Ezra
"For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel" Ezra 7:10
The experience of Ezra, the High Priest, teaches us that in order to be of use to the Lord as His instrument, he had to prepare his heart according to the law of the Lord. His preparation is a challenge for us as we desire to become instruments in the Lord's hands.
Preparing Ezra's heart included:
True repentance and confession of past sins, failures and unbelief.
True commitment to what God has revealed.
True obedience to the commandments of God.
True desire to learn more of God's truths.
True craving to pass these truths on to others
True allegiance to the truths in practical life.
Continue to confess our inadequacies and shortcomings in fully obeying the Lord's commandments.
Seek to bear witness to the truths that he believed in.
Speak powerfully the message of God to the people.
Seek to continue to learn from the Lord new truths and the intensity of these truths so that it can become a reality in his life and that of others.
Prayer for Today
"O God! I pray that I may be envisioned to develop true spirituality and be filled with Your Spirit in my life. Help me to cultivate true spiritual desires in my life to enable me to serve You today and on all the days of my life! In Jesus' Name! Amen!"
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