[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (OVU) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]
[9:02
pm, 05/03/2022] S.R: 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚 𝟙:𝟚
“"I
have loved you," says the LORD. But you say, "How have You loved
us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD.
"Yet I have loved Jacob;"”
If
people doubt or question the love of God, no wonder they will question others.
Sometimes, it's we who don't understand people's love for us.
When
a gf or wife complains that her bf or husband doesn't love her much. Maybe it's
true, but sometimes, it's the complainer who doesn't understand.
𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚 𝟚:𝟙-𝟚
“"And
now this commandment is for you, O priests. If you do not listen, and if you do
not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the LORD of hosts,
"then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and
indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to
heart."”
Priests
and pastors have one main duty—to teach the people to honor the name of Yahweh!
When they don't do that, it's time for them to step down and go sell drugs or
rob a bank for a living!
𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚 𝟛:𝟡-𝟙𝟘
“"You
are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you! Bring
the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and
test Me now in this," says the LORD of hosts, "if I will not open for
you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it
overflows."”
Hopefully,
we all are faithful in our giving to God.
𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚 𝟜:𝟞
"He
will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the
children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a
curse."
The
last word of the last verse of the last chapter of the last book of the Old
Testament ended with a warning word "curse"
Last
word matters. There must be a lot of warnings even in today's world!