Friday, February 18, 2022
JEHOVAH – SHAMMAH!
Ezek 48:35
35
It was round
about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall
be, The Lord is there.
The children
of Israel were nearing the end of their captivity in Babylon. They had been there so long that
enthusiasm for Jerusalem had begun to wane. Ezekiel had earlier predicted the
destruction of the Temple but now he is carried away in Spirit to Jerusalem and
he returns with a message of encouragement. Jehovah – Shammah! The Lord is
there!
In
captivity, their song had departed from them, and they were taunted by their
captors. God had punished but not abandoned His people. He was still there
in that place he preferred.
Ps 137:1-6
137
By the
rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2
We hanged our
harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3
For there
they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted
us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4
How shall we
sing the Lord 's song in a strange land?
5
If I forget
thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6
If I do not
remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not
Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Dear child
of God,
perhaps you too are nearing the end of your own personal captivity! Can you
feel it? There is an electric energy that, beyond evidence, tells you that it
is almost over. Now news comes to reassure you that God is there!
John 14:16-18
16
And I will
pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide
with you for ever;
17
Even the
Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,
neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and
shall be in you.
18
I will not
leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Oh God who keeps promises, thank you
for being there. Thank you for being here. Let me sense your presence in my
life today. AMEN
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