Dishonest Scales117 (Don't Rely On Riches) [Hos 12:7-14] / Anne's Faith Column

  

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Dishonest  Scales117 

 / Don't rely On Riches

[Hos 12:7-14] 

 

 / Anne's Faith Column 

 

 

/ By Priscilla 

 

The LORD God is the Almighty

God who led the Israelites,

who were enslaved,

 

 

out of oppressive

Egypt through Moses.

 

 

The Israelites did evil,

insolence, and injustice

before God, and trusted,

 

 

treasured, and loved

wealth more than God.

 

 

They practiced defrauding

with dishonest scales.

 

 

In other words, they

chose a life in which they

value ​​wealth rather than

a life in which they live by

God's holy justice.

 

 

For this,

God rebuked them.

 

 

Why do human beings

dare to try to become

equal to God and forsake

God's grace and the law? 

 

 

How come they try to

devise tricks to constantly

rebel against God if possible?

 

 

Like this arise

constant doubts.

 

 

Their behavior, shamefully,

is the current address

of our own faith, living as

children of God with faith,

 

 

and is not at all unfamiliar,

like a self-portrait.

 

 

What does God think

about such children of God?

 

 

What would Heavenly

Father's heart be like toward

myself with this sinful nature?

 

 

The people of God,

who should have lived

honestly and done right

honoring God's kindness

 

 

and justice, were taken

captive in the land of Egypt,

 

 

were not free from oppression,

and suffered great tribulation.

 

 

However, the LORD God,

who finally had mercy

on his people who cried

out to him earnestly

 

 

and heard their cry,

became the Lord of Israel.

 

 

Also, to those who lost

their way and had no hope,

 

 

He dramatically delivered

them from oppressors and

guided them on their way,

 

 

just as a mother hen

broods her chicks.

 

 

God finally led them

to Canaan, the promised

land flowing with milk

 

 

and honey that their

ancestors had

dreamed of.

 

 

However, they quickly

forgot God's grace,

 

 

betrayed God, disobeyed

the law, and trusted man

more than God.

 

 

That is

why they did injustice,

 

 

and did not hesitate to

do shameful things.

 

 

I confess with my lips that

I serve God, but when

I take a careful look at

my inner being, I realize

 

 

how many times I love

myself more than God

 

 

and believe that my 

will is God's or or live

deceiving myself.

 

 

And

how many times have

I been weighed down

 

 

by the burden of finally

making my own decisions?

 

 

The act of forsaking

God's grace is what

happens

 

 

when worldly things

permeate into my life

 

 

and come into contact

with myself naturally.

 

 

Therefore,

in order not to forget

God's love, we must seek

a way to live as God's people

 

 

so that we can continuously

maintain God's grace with us.

 

 

When God speaks His will

through His servants,

 

 

we must pay close attention

to them so as not to miss

the Word of God.

 

 

I must long for the Word

given to me and apply

it in my life.

 

 

I should not be lazy to

clothe myself with the Word,

to fill myself with God's

grace, to root my faith

 

 

in the Word of God,

and to know God.

 

 

To defeat Satan's schemes

that interfere with my

resolutions day by day

 

 

and to look only at

Jesus Christ, to restore

my faith continually,

 

 

I must resolutely reject

various secular roots from

my heart so that they can

not settle in my heart.

 

 

So how should

we have a life?

 

 

1) Let's trust the word

of the Lord more and

obey and follow it.

 

 

2) Let's keep in mind not

to imitate wicked

 Israelites all the time. 

 

 

3) While living on this earth,

let's not forget the blessings

of the LORD God.

 

 

4) Let's reestablish the

concept of God and

worship.

 

 

Prayer

 

 

Loving God!

 

 

Thank you for awakening

me, who is foolish.

 

 

Forgive me for loving

myself more than you.

 

 

Let me be a person

who always keeps the fidelity

of the faith that does not

forsake your benefits.

 

 

Let me quickly turn away

from myself, who loves

 

 

and relies on money,

weighs false scales,

and commits evil!

 

2011/03/07

By Priscilla

 

 

Amen

 

 

- To Be Continue - 

 

 

2021/11/26

 

/ By Priscilla