Let us prepare our hearts like Ezra

 AATHAVAN🖋️ 638 ⛪ October 27, 2022 Thursday

"For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments". ( Ezra 7 : 10 )

Today's verse gives a wonderful description of the biblical Ezra. That is, Ezra was not just a preacher. He was a researcher of God's scriptures. Not only that, but more importantly, he had committed himself to walking the scriptures. After researching the scriptures, he acted accordingly and then preached. This verse says that he had prepared his heart to do so.

So Ezra wasn't just a man with impractical knowledge. He was an activist. Today's verse is preceded by another reference to Ezra in verse six.

"This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him." ( Ezra 7 : 6 )

Beloved, the truth we need to know is that the hand of the Lord was upon Ezra because he was so acceptable to God; The king gave him everything he asked for.

That is, when we live a life worthy of God, the things of the world we ask will be given to us. By worldly things I am not mentioning desires to fulfill our own desires. Rather, the desires we desire are subject to God's will.

Ezra did not ask the king to fulfill his selfish desires. Instead, he sought to build a temple for God. He prayed to the king for that. God fulfilled his wish through the King. If we are also interested in God's scriptures and prepare ourselves to study the scriptures and live according to the scriptures, God will fulfill our legitimate desires.

This is why the first psalm says, "But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night." ( Psalms 1 : 2 )

Let us love the scriptures, meditate on the verses of the scriptures, and examine them in the light of the Holy Spirit like Ezra. Not only that, do commit ourselves to live according to the scriptures. Then preach the Gospel to others. Today's verse tells us that Ezra had prepared his heart to do so. Let us prepare our hearts in the same way. Then God's hand will be with us. Worldly blessings will be given to us.

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