Thursday August 17
Bible Reading: Ezra 2: 1 - 19
Topic: Faithful God
This passage gives a long
list of the families of the first set of exiles who returned from the captivity
in Babylon, led by Zerubbabel the Governor and Jeshua the High Priest (v. 2;
Neh. 7: 7; Haggai 1: 14)
Those mentioned in verse 2
were probably the leaders of the returning exiles. Each returned to his own
town (v. 1)
The Babylonian exile had
been a very humiliating experience for Israel as a Nation. A large number of
the people died by the sword or from starvation (Jer. 52: 10 - 11). Others were
forced into exile to different cities in the vast Babylonian Empire. Only the
very poor were left in the land probably under worse conditions than those who
had been exiled (Jer. 52: 15 - 16)
Yet after 70 years of
desolation, the Faithful God remembered them and fulfilled His promises,
"bore them on eagles' wings" and brought them back to their homeland
(v. 1; Isa. 43: 5)
This same God remains
faithful even today. You may have been humiliated, harassed or subjected to
some form of captivity because of disobedience in your life.
No matter what these may be or how long they may have lasted, put yourself on the side of the redeemed and believe God for complete restoration
No matter what these may be or how long they may have lasted, put yourself on the side of the redeemed and believe God for complete restoration
Prayer
O God, help me to have
faith in You always, Amen.
Memory Verse Ezra 2: 1
"Now, these are the
children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had
been carried away when Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon had carried them away
unto Babylon and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own
city."
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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