DECEMBER 6, 2023 – Yesterday Is Gone

Yesterday Is Gone

 DECEMBER 6, 2023
 Daily Reading – Daniel 9-10 / 1 John 4

 GOD’S WORD:

Daniel 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

 GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

       Daniel cried out to the Lord for the children of Israel in a time when they were in bondage, and it seemed there was no hope and no way out. He had read the prophecies of Jeremiah and believed in the Word of the Lord. For this he is referred to in Daniel 10 as a “man greatly beloved.” As we know today, there was hope. God was their hope, and He delivered them.

        As believers in this same God, should we not be praying this same prayer today for our nation, which is now in the grips of sinful lifestyles and disobedience to God’s Word?
      

     “O Lord, hear”… However, God does not hear if we are not coming to Him in prayer. We need to be on our knees             before God for our nation.

     “O Lord, forgive”… In our prayers, we must repent for not always taking Him seriously, and following God’s Word           as our infallible guide.

     “O Lord, hearken and do;”… As God leads, we must follow.

        It is far past time to simply pray. It is time to beg and plead for Gods mercy on a sinful people. For His grace toward those who have disobeyed. Thankfully, He has always loved us, and always will. However, we dare not confuse His love with a tolerance for sin. People, it is time to PRAY!

 

 GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

        There is precious little time left. “For thy people are called by thy name.” Are we not called by His name? Christians. Yesterday is gone, we can not change that. Still, we are responsible for what we do with today.

Christians, if we do not do what is right, who will?