When People Consistently Make Choices Against God, Things will Get Difficult Scripture: Genesis 38:8-10
In verses 8-10 we are told, “And Judah said to Onan, ‘Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.’ But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother. And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He killed him also.” We see a streak of rebellion in Judah’s family. Er died because he was wicked. Onan was rebellious so God killed him as well. How bad was this going to get? It all depended on the choices of Judah’s family. When people consistently make choices against God, things can get difficult. But the Holy Spirit is ar-hrab-ohn, and He knows the way through. He also executes the word as well as the wicked. Will we see this side of God in the days ahead? We better count on it!
- Pray that God will help you to understand what magnitude of authority He has vested in you as a kingdom citizen in that place He has allowed you to be. Pray this for your local church, and the church in the nation
- If all of God’s authority is in the church – and the nations are in turmoil, then there is something wrong with the governors of the earth.
- Ask the Lord to visit the church one more time and bring circumstances that will rock us into realization that we are His government, and the nations depend on us to steer them in the right direction.