FRIDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2024
TEXT:
Habakkuk 2:9-12
9.
“Who do you think – recklessly grabbing and looting, Living it up, acting like
king of the mountain, acting above it all, above trials and troubles?
10.
You’ve engineered the ruin of your own house. In ruining others you’ve ruined
yourself. You’ve undermined your foundations, rotted out your own soul.
11.
The bricks of your house will speak up and accuse you. The woodwork will step
forward with evidence.
12.
“Who do you think you are – building a town by murder, a city with crime?
(The Message Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
BUILDING AN EMPIRE OF EVIL
Habakkuk
warns against building a realm using unjust gain. The New King James Version
explains this statement to mean coveting evil gain. But people are nowadays
only interested in gain, regardless of whether it is evil or not. It is a lack
of it that is evil.
The
last two verses of the text make some scary pronouncements of judgment - the
stones of the wall of the empire built with such evil gain will cry out in
judgment. The beams of the woodwork will echo, also in judgment.
Just
imagine a situation where different parts of a house built with ill - gotten
wealth begin to quake judgment on the owner Imagine if this were to happen during
the dedication of the house.
How
sad. So much stolen wealth is celebrated in the Church today. Habakkuk
concludes by pronouncing woe on such people. Do you sometimes secretly envy
some people's wealth? Thank God for what you have.
QUESTION:
What do you need that God hasn't given you?
PRAYER:
Until You move me to the next level, help me to be happy where I am, in Jesus
name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
ECWA
Food For The Day, 2024.
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