Sun.’s Devo - A New Thing

Read: Ezra 3:1-4:24; 1 Corinthians 2:6-3:4; Psalm 28:1-9: Proverbs 20:24-25
Once the Jews that came back to rebuild Jerusalem were settled in their homes, they set about rebuilding the altar so they could institute sacrifices. They had it finished for the Feast of Tabernacles. It was time for God to tabernacle with his people once again. They did this in spite of their fear of the people around them. Revelation 12:11 says that we overcome by the blood of the Lamb, the word of our testimony and the fact that we don’t love our lives unto death. In other words, we don’t fear what man can do to us. This was the attitude of the Jews.
They gave their money to rebuild the temple. They had a huge celebration when the laid the foundation for the temple. The people that had seen Solomon’s temple wept because it was nothing compared to it but the younger people wept for joy because they had nothing to compare it to.
Every generation God does a new thing. He changes the way we do church, the songs, missions, everything. It is easy to look back and only see the good in the past and wish it was like it was, but that is not profitable. We need to adjust our minds to the new thing God is doing and be a part of it.
We are not the only one who hates change…the devil hates change also when it is God’s changing. Satan raised up adversaries to discourage and stop the work of the Lord. He finally accomplished that and they were made to stop building.
It is easy to let discouragement steal our power and desire to press on, but we can’t let that happen. Satan will always fight God’s moving, but if we contend, we will win.
Paul taught the Corinthians about a wisdom that we have available that comes from God. We can know things that no man can conceive. God’s wisdom looks foolish to the world because they can’t understand it.
Lord, thank you for rebuilding faith in our nation. Thank you for raising up Godly men to rule us and reestablish your truth. May we not be afraid of the threats of the enemy but have your wisdom to see through them.