In a relationship with God today, there are periods that may fill like exile.I believe what causes these periods of exile, are the crises that arise in life. As we go through the crisis, we become like a barren land. During this period of crisis our hope and future may grow dim. It is here that we may fill banished and exiled.
The children of Israel were exiled for seventy years. There were at least four generations that felt this period of exile.Some never made it out of exile. However, their exile, was a period of knowing that it would not always be like this. Some knew that they would not live to see the future. However, they still had hope for their family to live to see the Lord fulfill His promise.
Like the children of Israel, we must understand that it will not always be like this. We need to pray and seek the Lord just like the children of Israel, with our whole heart. We must rely on the hope and future of God's plans to prosper us. However, many Christians today blame God for the crises that come. We forget to trust in His promise to bring us out of this period of captivity back to the place of comfort. Just as Jeremiah encourage the children of Israel pray and seek God together, you must surround yourself with God people. For it is the gathering of His people crying out, seeking, praying to Him for deliverance. This is what makes a barren dry land an oasis of spiritual prosperity.
Let your prayer be: O Lord in a period of crisis surround me with your people. May we focus on a hope and future with you. Carry us through this period of exile. Strengthen us as we cry out to You. Strengthen us as we seek out Your plans. May all our hearts be centered on a future peace. When the time is right Lord lead us back to that place we have known as freedom in You.
Amen...
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