Dear God,
You are to me most lovely, upon you I give all my praise and worship, Most Holy and Eternal God.,
You alone know the workings of my mind and all my secrets. You mark the place of those who presume to speak for You, such as prophets or priests, reputed to be shepherds of Your believers. You also speak save those involved and those affected, and give warning for those who do not know Your scriptures or disregard Holy writ and speak their own words. You are not pleased with the irreverence of the many that prefer to misapply portions of scripture and speak words of peace, saying no concern, no need to reform, for there is not any judgement coming from a loving God, He would not do such a thing.
Jeremiah 23: 17 “They continually say to those who despise Me, The Lord has said, ‘You shall have peace,’ and to everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say, ‘no evil shall come upon you.’” God had for years delivered warning of impending judgement and doom, through His prophets. Then events and end of the nation came as predicted for the deliberately deaf, misguided, who put mans word above God’s word.
There was/is still a remnant of believers who were faithful to Gods words and leading. Jeremiah 20:13 “Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For He has delivered the life of the poor from the hand of evildoers.” Still the king and government, priests and prophets went their own way, regardless of what God said, or the plight of the people caught up in the consequences. God tried to save them from death or captivity, and again said through the prophet, who at risk of his own life delivered another message (a case of spear the messenger), Jeremiah 21:8 “Now you shall say this to the people ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold I set before you the way of life and the way of death.’”
In many places on earth, those in authority continue to not heed the words of God, and are on the pathway to destruction, and like kings and priests of old, lead their people falsely, without due care of them or regard for the poor caught up in it all. Jeremiah 23: 23, 24 “Am I a God near at hand, says the Lord, “And not a God afar off? Verse 24 “Can anyone hide himself in secret places, so I shall not see him? Says the Lord; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.”
Please Lord, lift us above our self-satisfaction, wrong doing and wilful ignorance, unmindful of the poor; ignoring the predictions and answers to prophecy through the ages and these days. Jesus came as predicted as a babe and is yet coming to “…..execute judgment and righteousness in the earth”…… “He will be called: ‘THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS’” Jeremiah 23:5, 6.