'ஆதவன்' வேதாகமத் தியானம் - எண்:- 1,035, நவம்பர் 28, 2023 செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை
'AATHAVAN' BIBLE MEDITATION -
No:- 1,035, Tuesday,
November 28, 2023
"I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight." (Isaiah 45: 2)
Today's meditation verse is addressed to King Cyrus.
Today's meditation verse explains to us that when we correct ourselves and live a life worthy of God without continuing the old wrong and sinful ways we have lived so far, and the mistakes made by our ancestors, God will bless us and correct the ways in our life and make us live a good life. This becomes clear if we understand the context in which this verse is spoken.
Nebuchadnezzar, in the year 586 B.C. he captured Jerusalem, destroyed the Jerusalem temple, looted all the goods from the temple, took the people captive and took them to Babylon. The people of Israel were slaves in Babylon. The Lord heard their cry. In 538 B.C. Babylon was captured by the Persian king Cyrus. Cyrus freed the Israelites in the same year that he captured Babylon. Not only that, he handed over the looted temple items to the Israelites and ordered them to rebuild the temple destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar.
"Also
Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which
Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the
house of his gods;" (Ezra 1: 7) we read.
Because the King Cyrus thus returned the temple goods captured by Nebuchadnezzar, the Lord said, "That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid." (Isaiah 44: 28)
Here king
Cyrus is addressed by God as “my shepherd”. Not only that, because Cyrus did
this, "I will go before thee, and make the crooked things straight."
The Lord told him.
Beloved, let us not worry about our old lives, our family backgrounds. As King Cyrus did, we must commit ourselves to the cleansing of our body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit. We must mend our sinful ways and the wrong ways our forefathers unwittingly adopted. We must surrender ourselves completely to God. If we do this, as said to Cyrus, God will say to us also, "I will go before thee and make the crooked straight."
Not only that, "And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me." (Isaiah 45: 3,4) says the Lord.
Let us
commit ourselves completely to God and decide to live a holy life. God's words
to King Cyrus apply to our lives as well.
God’s Message:- ✍️ Bro. M. Geo Prakash