RE Verse reading–Hosea 4:1-13b (day two) “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children” (vs 6) Why would God warn? Anyone? Us? Speaking through Hosea, God say that He has a charge to bring against the people of Israel (vs 1) It is a legal word. A word threatening a law suit. Why? Why not just act? The answer is His love. Like a parent who wants his child to obey, like a friend who sees danger ahead, God is “patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9) As disturbing as it is to hear, as terrifying as it is to contemplate falling into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31), the reason that God is willing to communicate warning is that He loves us! If He didn’t, He wouldn’t say anything at all.
Praise be to God! All throughout the evening yesterday I kept thinking “that none should perish.” It is the name of a book I read many months ago on intercession. He talked about hearing the heartbeat of God and that it sounds like lub-dub…that none should perish…lub-dub…that none should perish…
I just kept “hearing” that heartbeat all last night. Apparently you are hearing the same thing.
We have lived in our current house for approx. 7 years. Even though there is a Jehovah’s witness church really close we have not once had them come to our house while we were home. After the Spirit prompted me last week, I prayed that He would send some to me that I might share Truth with them. It was just last week… and on Saturday three of them showed up… in the rain… at our house. I was steam cleaning my husband’s shower and so it took me a while to get to the door. I then went outside to talk to them. They acted completely shocked that someone would actually come out looking for them. I did not debate any truth with them, I just was kind/loving..I was not prompted to do anything else. God’s purposes (I think) are that now I have 3 people, representing 3 races and 3 generations that I can pray into the True Kingdom.
THAT NONE SHOULD PERISH….LUB-DUB….THAT NONE SHOULD PERISH….LUB-DUB….THAT NONE SHOULD PERISH….
Father, may we constantly hear your heartbeat! Show us how to do this by submitting to Your leadership.
(p.s. I was thinking that if there was a “virtual wall” on the website that the lost could be posted on by first name or initials, the intercessors of the church could (at least I would) stand in the gap with the people of the church for the salvation of the lost. THAT NONE SHOULD PERISH.)