In the 40's and 50's, there was a radio show and eventually TV show called, "Truth or Consequences". It was a game show in which the contestant had to correctly answer a question or suffer the "consequences" of a wrong answer through a zany or embarrassing stunt. I thought of that show as I read Zechariah, chapter seven. God tells the people through his prophet, Zechariah, that they are to live out their lives in true, heart-righteous obedience or suffer the consequences. However, these consequences are much more serious than the TV show's zany and embarrassing ones.
I fear I'm not thinking right in regard to a serious and holy God. Committed meditation on the facts of God through His word are called for here!! And this is just what He is calling His people to do through the prophet. Consider what happened to your fathers, He tells them. When I told them how to live, they did not obey. (see last post: Deaf Hearts) Now this is what happened to them: Great wrath from the LORD of hosts, I would not listen when they called, I scattered them with a storm wind, and their land became desolate.
Praise God for His prophets who committed to telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth with His help. We, too, have His help. And let us not become weary or oppressed by this truth. The very presence of His Word to teach us these things shows His love for us is as strong as His wrath against the sin in us.
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