Daniel 9:13 "As it is written in the law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not made our prayer before the Lord our God, that we minght turn from our iniquities and understand your truth."
Disaster. Bad word. Not a word that any of us want to hear. The Hebrew word actually means bad, evil, unpleasant, sad, unhappy, wicked. Who wants this? No one. Yet even in the middle of it, Israel did not pray. They did not grieve. They didn't beg God to intervene. And they did not not turn back - they did not repent, and they did not pay attention or understand the truth of God. Wow, this is so relevant.
Are we in a disaster in this country? Some would say yes. In fact the New York Times said that the country was: "...literally maybe days away from a complete meltdown of our financial system." Many would say that this is a disaster.
Why? We have not followed God's word. We think we can play around with the truth. In fact, we think we can ignore the truth and get away with it. Now it is coming back to bite us. So how should we respond? With prayer, with repentance, with seeking the truth. Israel did not in Daniel's day and they paid the price. Are we going to be like that? Or are we going to finally realize that God is in control? His laws are immutable. Just like we cannot ignore God's law of gravity, we cannot ignore God's other law that pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. We are way too proud. We are way too haughty. We are way too self sufficient. We are way to self absorbed...and we have been way too self indulgent. We need to understand the truth and start living it. The end game is too important.
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