A Word

A word -
to those who play church,
to those who want it ‘their way’,
to those who believe it appropriate to mix the wisdom of the world with the wisdom of God,
to those who do not fear the admonitions of the Lord,
to those who do not seek to follow the whole counsel of God and stand firm on His truth….
For those who do not seek true justice but justice as the world sees it,
for those who talk about kindness and compassion but do not daily practice it,
for those who talk about the oppression of the widow and the orphan and the stranger and the poor yet rely on others (such as the government) to take action,
for those who discuss the wrongness of devising evil in one’s heart against one another yet live by their own form and understanding of self-righteousness and do not bear one another’s burdens….
Now is the time to repent of our refusal to pay attention as well as the closing of our ears to hear the true word of God…
Now is the time to seek forgiveness for our hardened hearts that fight against the truth of God…
Now is the time to turn away from the wisdom of the world and all that is contrary to the things of God…
Let it be our heart’s desire to hear again from that still small voice…
May it be with our whole heart, soul and mind that we are anchored upon the truth of God’s word.
Stand firm and resolute in the fact that God loves us and desires that we be near to Him…
And that He answers us when we call upon Him.
For when we truly seek Him we shall find Him.


Now the town of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their men to seek the favor of the LORD, speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?"
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, "Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?
'When you eat and drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not drink for yourselves? 'Are not these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous along with its cities around it, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?'"
Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah saying, "Thus has the LORD of hosts said, ' Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.'
"But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing.
"They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.
"And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts…
(Zech 7:2-14)