Text:
Malachi 4:4-6 (HCSB)
4 "Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 Look, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome Day of the LORD comes.
6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to ⌊their⌋ children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse."
Observation:
If there ever was a time we needed leadership in this world, we surely need it now.
To whom are you looking for deliverance? May I recommend you to look to Jesus, the Messiah of God.
John 1:1-4 (HCSB)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created.
4 Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men.
John 1:14 (HCSB)
14 The Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We observed His glory, the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
If not Jesus, then to whom shall we look? Pause for a moment, and think about that.
There are two leap off the page, and into my heart moments that I experienced when I read our text today.
The first is "look" in verse five, and the second is this verse.
Malachi 4:6 (HCSB)
6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to ⌊their⌋ children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse."
Oh, how all of God's people need to look to the Word of God, and to look to God in constant and fervent prayer.
Psalm 119:16 (HCSB)
16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
James 5:17 (HCSB)
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.
The most effective way to change hearts and minds is to give instruction in the Word of God, and for God's people to pray the Word.
Hebrews 4:12 (HCSB)
12 For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.
Psalm 138:3 (HCSB)
3 On the day I called, You answered me; You increased strength within me.
Prayer:
Father, I adore you, and give you the highest praise my soul can muster. Praise God!
Father, I ask that you would birth in your people a hunger and thirst for the Word of God, and prayer. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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