“Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name.”
Malachi 3:16 (NIV)
The beginning of this chapter takes my breath away.
The Lord did come to His temple, and they didn’t endure His coming.
How can it be that the appearing of the One we desire can be our downfall?
The message of this chapter is repentance, described as returning to God.
Start with returning to God with our money, put your money to work in His church.
Then speak properly about the LORD, stop saying that it is futile to serve God.
Do you see the connection between these two thoughts?
Do you see that a person who believes that serving God is futile, and therefore has no benefit for our lives now – will never put any of their money to work in Christ’s church.
That’s crazy talk- that’s like throwing your money away- we have too many good things that require our money to be wasting it by giving it to the church.
But those who speak properly of God, who fear Him and honour Him with their wealth- their names will be written down for God to “remember”.
At church we talk of the coming of our Lord, we even desire the Lord to come.
I wonder how many of us will endure the day of His coming?
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