Fulfilling Prophecy

Friends,

I started reading Ezra a few days ago and in the first verse of the first chapter, I discovered a wonderful description of our God. Read with me,

“Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persian, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, …” Ezra 1:1.

There are so many wonderful revelations in that one verse!

First, God is going to fulfill what He has spoken through His prophets. Did you notice how God stirred Cyrus’ spirit, so Jeremiah’s prophecy would be fulfilled? (I guess we could add that to our list of 300 Names, Titles, and Attributes of God. “God who fulfills prophecy!”)

A second wonderful word for us is that God stirs kings’ spirits. Oh, let us pray for God to stir our president’s spirit and other leader’s spirits to do His will.

Third, Cyrus acted on what God stirred his spirit to do. The king bowed to the King, followed His orders, sent a proclamation, and “also put it in writing.”

Questions for us to think about today:

1. What word does God want to fulfill in and through us?

2. Are we praying, watching, and waiting on God to stir our spirit? In other words, do we live in anticipation of God?

3. Are we fervently praying for God to stir other’s spirits to act in accordance with His word?

4. Are we proclaiming and putting in writing that which God has stirred our spirits about?

Love you and pray you are having a good day as you open your spirit to God’s stirring,

Debbie