YESTERDAY I WAS READING IN NEHEMIAH AND IN CHAPTER 8:3 SAYS
AND HE READ THEREIN BEFORE THE STREET THAT WAS BEFORE THE WATER GATE FROM THE MORNING UNTIL MIDDAY, BEFORE THE MEN AND THE WOMEN AND THOSE THAT COULD UNDERSTAND; AND THE EARS OF ALL THE PEOPLE WERE ATTENTIVE UNTO THE BOOK OF THE LAW.
OK SO THEY READ FOR A LONG TIME AND THE PEOPLE WERE ATTENTIVE!! MANY OF THE TIMES WE SIT IN CHURCH LISTENING TO THE "LAW" WORD OF GOD GOING IS IT OVER YET WHAT'S FOR LUNCH, I HAVE TO GO TO THE STORE, I GOTTA GET HOME SO I CAN CLEAN MY HOUSE... OK THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THOUGHTS I HAVE DURING CHURCH SOMETIMES... IF I COULD ONLY HAVE THE ATTENTIVE EARS AS THESE PEOPLE DID HERE IN THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH!!
VS 5 SAYS AT THE END OF THE VERSE, THAT WHEN EZRA OPENED THE BOOK IN THE SIGHT OF THE PEOPLE THEY ALL STOOD UP!! NOW THAT'S RESPECT... I WONDER IF THEY STOOD THE WHOLE TIME???? AT THE END OF VERSE 7 IT SAYS THAT THE PEOPLE STOOD IN THEIR PLACES....... I'M THINKIN THEY DID... WOULD I STAND FOR MANY HOURS TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD????? OR EVEN JUST FOR CHURCH SERVICE ON SUNDAY MORNING???
THINGS THAT MAKE YA GO HMMM
VS 6
AND EZRA BLESSED THE LORD THE GREAT GOD. AND ALL THE PEOPLE ANSWERED AMEN, AMEN, WITH LIFTING UP THEIR HANDS; AND THEY BOWED THEIR HEADS, AND WORSHIPPED THE LORD WITH THEIR FACES TO THE GROUND.
V9 SAYS AT THE END OF THE VERSE
THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WEPT WHEN THEY HEARD THE WORDS OF THE LAW... "
THIS ALL JUST MAKES ME STOP AND LOOK AT MY LIFE AND ASK MY SELF AM I STANDING UP WITH MY BOWED TOWARD THE GROUND BEFORE THE LORD WORSHIPPING HIM WITH MY HANDS LIFTED HIGH WEEPING AT THE WORDS OF HIS LAW???
