Please read Zechariah 7.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/zec/7/1/s_918001
Meditate on verse 12.
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.
When the temple of the LORD was in its final two years of
rebuilding, some men from Bethel came to Jerusalem to ask the priests and the
prophets about seeking the favor of the LORD. The LORD told Zechariah to ask
them their real motivation behind fasting for God’s favor. Were they seeking
God or were they seeking what God could give them? The LORD knew their selfish
desires, so He reminded them of past admonishments to practice kindness and
compassion instead of oppression and evil when fasting (vs.9-10; Isaiah 58). The
people “refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped
their ears from hearing” (v. 11). The LORD refused to listen to them because
they refused to listen to Him.
Do you have a tender heart towards the LORD, desiring to
know Him and His Word? Or do you have a hard heart that refuses to hear God and
only seeks Him when you need something?
Pray to be the opposite of Zechariah 7:12 for yourself and
those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah
62:6-7).
“LORD, do not let ________ and me make our hearts like flint.
Let us hear Your Law and the Words
which You have sent by Your Spirit through the prophets
so that we do not experience
Your wrath.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the
WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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