Look at Me!

On the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzer king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. He burned the Lord's temple, the kings palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses. 2 Kings 25:8,9

Freedom was gone to a people who rejected their God, bondage and destruction had come.

The Lord swore he would destroy Judah because of the sins of Manassah and the blood he spilt in Jerusalem. After Manassah there was only Josiah who followed The Lord, the remainder of kings were evil. The rot had set in.

How foolish we can be! What makes a people think they can treat their God as a puppet, an extra and live lives steeped in wickedness? 

As we shun The Lord our covering leaves and we are at the mercy of all that is evil, and there is an abundance of wickedness.

As Christians we have protection but we need to dwell in it, stay in it and not venture from it. What does it look like? A little child clinging to his mother's hand when crossing the road. Our God is like a protective mother: guarding, ever vigilant, constantly calling, " look at me!"

I am like a tight rope walker who is crossing a huge canyon and needing to fix my graze on one who has gone before. He has done it and I must watch Him, listen to Him. I will make it if I remain fixed in vision. Amen!