Please read Malachi 3.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/mal/3/1/s_928001
Meditate on verses 13 and 16.
“Your words have been arrogant against Me,” says the LORD.
“Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’”
Then those who feared the LORD spoke to
one another, and the LORD gave attention and heard it,
and a book of remembrance was written before Him
for those who fear the LORD and who esteem His name.
The questioning conversation between God and His spoiled children continues into Malachi 3. Questions of: “How shall we return?” and “What have we spoken against You?” spill from the mouths of those unwilling to take responsibility for their actions (vs. 7, 13). Then suddenly the questions cease; the conversation stops, and the LORD turns His attention from the arrogant God-questioners to the humble God-fearers (vs. 16-18). As God listens to this quite different conversation, He is so touched that He has a book of remembrance written about them (v. 16). He makes those who esteem His name His own precious possession, promising to spare them from His judgment (vs. 16-17).
With whom do you most identify from Malachi: God-questioner or God- fearer? Ask God to make your conversations and actions pleasing to Him by praying Malachi 3:16-18 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, may ___________ and I fear You!
As we speak to one another, let our words be ones
You give attention to and hear. Please write about us in
Your book of remembrance, as those who fear
You and esteem Your name. LORD, we want to be
Yours; prepare us as Your own possession
and spare us as a man spares his own son
who serves him. LORD, You distinguish between
the righteous and the wicked, between one who
serves God and one who does not serve You.
Make us Your righteous ones who serve You always.
For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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