BBD 01.11.11 Fear God

#1 · January 11, 2011, 12:59 pm

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01.11.11

Fear God

Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with
his servants, saying, "My camp will be in such and such a place." And the
man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, "Beware that you do not pass
this place, for the Syrians are coming down there." Then the king of Israel
sent someone to the place of which the man of God had told him. Thus he
warned him, and he was watchful there, not just once or twice. Therefore the
heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called
his servants and said to them, "Will you not show me which of us is for the
king of Israel?" And one of his servants said, "None, my lord, O king; but
Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words
that you speak in your bedroom." - 2 Kings 6:8-12.

The security services in Saudi Arabia believe they have captured an Israeli
spy. The spy is under arrest, and is being kept in seclusion. So far, they
have been unable to make the spy speak. However, the security services are
sure they have a spy, because of the GPS transmitter that they found on the
spy. Also, they found a small tag on the spy, which identified the spy as
being from the Tel Aviv University. The spy has not yet given its name or
rank, but they have identified the spy as being a vulture. The bird,
apparently strayed over Saudi territory, and security services believe the
vulture's activities are part of a "Zionist plot." Authorities in Israel
claim the vulture is only a part of a migratory bird study.

The enemies of Israel do well to be paranoid, because they have a much
larger problem than the possibility of a vulture spying upon them. It is the
same problem that the Syrian king had centuries ago. The problem is.God. The
story is related in 2nd Kings of how the Syrian king tried to trap the
Israeli army, but was repeatedly thwarted in his attempts. It had happened
so many times that the king thought there had to be a spy among them.
Finally, one of the servants had the courage to tell the king the truth. The
truth was that the prophet of God knew exactly what the Syrian king was
planning, and told the Israeli king. How did the prophet know? God told him.

The enemies of Israel would do well to ponder carefully this story from 2nd
Kings. It is obvious from the more recent history of the past fifty years,
that God has not changed His mind about protecting Israel.

The enemies of the One true God, and of all that is good and right would
also do well to ponder carefully this story from 2nd Kings. When a child of
God is attacked in any way, it is God that is being attacked (1 Corinthians
3:16; 6:19). When the Word of God is attacked, it is God that is being
attacked. When the will of God is attacked, it is God that is being
attacked. I would say to those who are attacking Christians, or the Word of
God, or the will of God, have you no fear of God? God is a God of love, but
He is also righteous and holy.

Before you thumb your nose at God, before you laugh at God, before you
willfully sin, consider this: God is still alive, and well. God is still on
His throne. God is still all powerful, all knowing, and omnipresent. Fear
God by giving Him the reverence, the respect that He should be given.

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he
will also reap (Galatians 6:7)."

"You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe -
and tremble (James 2:19)!"

Fear God.

Copyright © 2011. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals
in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

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subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
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You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

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Posted by: edwrather <edwrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries.
Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more
than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is
made up of more than 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive
prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you love to send and receive inspirational emails the Burning Bush
Inspirational Group is for you. To join send an email to
bbinspire-join@welovegod.org

You can now leave comments/feedback about the devotionals at
http://www.theburningbush.net.

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 566 new subscribers since January 1, 2011!!
There were 4010 new subscribers during 2010!!

01.11.11

Fear God

Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with
his servants, saying, "My camp will be in such and such a place." And the
man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, "Beware that you do not pass
this place, for the Syrians are coming down there." Then the king of Israel
sent someone to the place of which the man of God had told him. Thus he
warned him, and he was watchful there, not just once or twice. Therefore the
heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called
his servants and said to them, "Will you not show me which of us is for the
king of Israel?" And one of his servants said, "None, my lord, O king; but
Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words
that you speak in your bedroom." - 2 Kings 6:8-12.

The security services in Saudi Arabia believe they have captured an Israeli
spy. The spy is under arrest, and is being kept in seclusion. So far, they
have been unable to make the spy speak. However, the security services are
sure they have a spy, because of the GPS transmitter that they found on the
spy. Also, they found a small tag on the spy, which identified the spy as
being from the Tel Aviv University. The spy has not yet given its name or
rank, but they have identified the spy as being a vulture. The bird,
apparently strayed over Saudi territory, and security services believe the
vulture's activities are part of a "Zionist plot." Authorities in Israel
claim the vulture is only a part of a migratory bird study.

The enemies of Israel do well to be paranoid, because they have a much
larger problem than the possibility of a vulture spying upon them. It is the
same problem that the Syrian king had centuries ago. The problem is.God. The
story is related in 2nd Kings of how the Syrian king tried to trap the
Israeli army, but was repeatedly thwarted in his attempts. It had happened
so many times that the king thought there had to be a spy among them.
Finally, one of the servants had the courage to tell the king the truth. The
truth was that the prophet of God knew exactly what the Syrian king was
planning, and told the Israeli king. How did the prophet know? God told him.

The enemies of Israel would do well to ponder carefully this story from 2nd
Kings. It is obvious from the more recent history of the past fifty years,
that God has not changed His mind about protecting Israel.

The enemies of the One true God, and of all that is good and right would
also do well to ponder carefully this story from 2nd Kings. When a child of
God is attacked in any way, it is God that is being attacked (1 Corinthians
3:16; 6:19). When the Word of God is attacked, it is God that is being
attacked. When the will of God is attacked, it is God that is being
attacked. I would say to those who are attacking Christians, or the Word of
God, or the will of God, have you no fear of God? God is a God of love, but
He is also righteous and holy.

Before you thumb your nose at God, before you laugh at God, before you
willfully sin, consider this: God is still alive, and well. God is still on
His throne. God is still all powerful, all knowing, and omnipresent. Fear
God by giving Him the reverence, the respect that He should be given.

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he
will also reap (Galatians 6:7)."

"You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe -
and tremble (James 2:19)!"

Fear God.

Copyright © 2011. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals
in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.