8:1-36
- The return of God’s people to Jerusalem was not simply a
geographical return - moving from one place to another. It was a
spiritual return. They were returning to the Lord. They were seeking His
blessing (21). Without God’s blessing, we are nothing. We may have
happy memories of better days, recalling ‘the good old days’. We may
look back to times of blessing, remembering how the hand of the Lord was
upon us. If this is all we have, we have nothing. We are no longer in
the place of blessing. We need to return to the Lord. The times of
blessing can come again. God gives us His promise: ‘The hand of our God
is for good upon all that seek Him’ (22). God wants to bless us. How
much do we want to be blessed by Him? If the times of blessing are to
return to us, we must ‘return to the Lord’ (Isaiah 55:6-13).
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