BBD 02.26.18 Spared from Trouble (New)

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Posted by: wrathered <wrathered@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1793^rd

The Burning Bush Devotional

26 February 2018

Spared from Trouble

No grave trouble will overtake the righteous, But the wicked shall
be filled with evil. – Proverbs 12:21 NKJV.

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up.
Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so
that you fall—you and Judah with you? – 2 Kings 14:10 NKJV.

And the Lord said to me,
“Amos, what do you see?”

And I said, “A plumb line.”

Then the Lord said:

“Behold, I am setting a plumb line

In the midst of My people Israel;

I will not pass by them anymore. – Amos 7:8 NKJV.

Years ago, when I had only been in the oilfield a few years, about 2am I
was awakened by a phone call. After I had finished talking with whoever had
called, and hung up the phone, Jeanie asked me who had called. I had no idea;
the whole phone call was a blank in my mind. I knew I had answered the phone
and talked to someone; but had no idea who it was, or what it was about. As it
turned out, trouble had passed me by.

The next day, I found out from my friend, David at work, that he had been
the one who had called. He had taken his drill pipe inspection unit to the
lake. It was a two-ton truck with a large enclosed utility bed. He had gotten
the truck stuck and had called me for help. Since I never came, he called
another friend who was a forklift operator. This was a large forklift used for
moving heavy pipe and had to be transported on a semi. The forklift got bogged
down in the mud too. I don’t remember now how they got the truck and forklift unstuck,
I think they had to rent a bulldozer. Certainly, trouble passed me by that
night!

The point of Proverbs 12:21 is not that no trouble will ever come to the righteous; but by living a
righteous life, you will be spared from much trouble. In Amos 7:8, we have the will-known
plumb line passage of Scripture. From this passage we know that God had spared Israel
in the past from judgment and had allowed trouble to pass them by previously.

In 2 Kings 14 we see that Amaziah the king of Judah is thinking that he is something
great. Amaziah through the power of God had a great victory over Edom. Because
of that, Amaziah thought that he was invincible, and sent a message to Jehoash
king of Israel demanding he send Israel’s army to meet the army of Judah in
battle. Jehoash with great wisdom and compassion responds to Amaziah with this
message: “You have indeed defeated Edom,
and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so
that you fall—you and Judah with you? – 2 Kings 14:10 NKJV.

Amaziah would not listen to reason. The result was the utter defeat of Amaziah
and Judah. Here is what happened as recorded in 2 Kings 14:11-14: “Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went out; so he
and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

And Judah was defeated by
Israel, and every man fled to his tent.

Then Jehoash king of Israel
captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth
Shemesh; and he went to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from
the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits.

And he took all the gold
and silver, all the articles that were found in the house of the
Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s
house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.”

Living a righteous life is a life that God will
bless. You may not realize it, and it may not seem like it at the time, but by
doing so you are sparing yourself from much trouble. Trouble is passing you by
when you refuse to “meddle with trouble.”

Copyright © 2018. Ed Wrather. 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 those first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 20 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
12,000 subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

Books now available at the Burning Bush website:

New Pastor's
Training Manual

Biblical Help for
Overcoming Substance Abuse

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Sexual Addictions In Times of
Trouble - Devotionals to Encourage and Strengthen You (Also available for
download on Amazon.)

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

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please continue to pray for healing
for Michelle Abetz, Thelma Lewis and her sister Denise, Brandy, Damon D. &
wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Brent Baker, Gary and Glenna Kirk, Amy
Carroll, Caleb Freeman, Chris Ramber, Toby, and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

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

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Posted by: wrathered <wrathered@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1793^rd

The Burning Bush Devotional

26 February 2018

Spared from Trouble

No grave trouble will overtake the righteous, But the wicked shall
be filled with evil. – Proverbs 12:21 NKJV.

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up.
Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so
that you fall—you and Judah with you? – 2 Kings 14:10 NKJV.

And the Lord said to me,
“Amos, what do you see?”

And I said, “A plumb line.”

Then the Lord said:

“Behold, I am setting a plumb line

In the midst of My people Israel;

I will not pass by them anymore. – Amos 7:8 NKJV.

Years ago, when I had only been in the oilfield a few years, about 2am I
was awakened by a phone call. After I had finished talking with whoever had
called, and hung up the phone, Jeanie asked me who had called. I had no idea;
the whole phone call was a blank in my mind. I knew I had answered the phone
and talked to someone; but had no idea who it was, or what it was about. As it
turned out, trouble had passed me by.

The next day, I found out from my friend, David at work, that he had been
the one who had called. He had taken his drill pipe inspection unit to the
lake. It was a two-ton truck with a large enclosed utility bed. He had gotten
the truck stuck and had called me for help. Since I never came, he called
another friend who was a forklift operator. This was a large forklift used for
moving heavy pipe and had to be transported on a semi. The forklift got bogged
down in the mud too. I don’t remember now how they got the truck and forklift unstuck,
I think they had to rent a bulldozer. Certainly, trouble passed me by that
night!

The point of Proverbs 12:21 is not that no trouble will ever come to the righteous; but by living a
righteous life, you will be spared from much trouble. In Amos 7:8, we have the will-known
plumb line passage of Scripture. From this passage we know that God had spared Israel
in the past from judgment and had allowed trouble to pass them by previously.

In 2 Kings 14 we see that Amaziah the king of Judah is thinking that he is something
great. Amaziah through the power of God had a great victory over Edom. Because
of that, Amaziah thought that he was invincible, and sent a message to Jehoash
king of Israel demanding he send Israel’s army to meet the army of Judah in
battle. Jehoash with great wisdom and compassion responds to Amaziah with this
message: “You have indeed defeated Edom,
and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so
that you fall—you and Judah with you? – 2 Kings 14:10 NKJV.

Amaziah would not listen to reason. The result was the utter defeat of Amaziah
and Judah. Here is what happened as recorded in 2 Kings 14:11-14: “Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went out; so he
and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

And Judah was defeated by
Israel, and every man fled to his tent.

Then Jehoash king of Israel
captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth
Shemesh; and he went to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from
the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits.

And he took all the gold
and silver, all the articles that were found in the house of the
Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s
house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.”

Living a righteous life is a life that God will
bless. You may not realize it, and it may not seem like it at the time, but by
doing so you are sparing yourself from much trouble. Trouble is passing you by
when you refuse to “meddle with trouble.”

Copyright © 2018. Ed Wrather. 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 those first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 20 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
12,000 subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

Books now available at the Burning Bush website:

New Pastor's
Training Manual

Biblical Help for
Overcoming Substance Abuse

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Sexual Addictions In Times of
Trouble - Devotionals to Encourage and Strengthen You (Also available for
download on Amazon.)

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

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please continue to pray for healing
for Michelle Abetz, Thelma Lewis and her sister Denise, Brandy, Damon D. &
wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Brent Baker, Gary and Glenna Kirk, Amy
Carroll, Caleb Freeman, Chris Ramber, Toby, and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

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

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

You can help support this ministry
by using this link: http://www.paypal.me/EdWrather

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

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

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constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
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