Benson Skariachan
Godly Lamentation, Mourning and Woe many areas we are so often go wrong like making our lives too much about 'I' and not enough about 'God.' The 'God' I am referring to is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In John 3:30 it is written, “ He must increase, but I must decrease.”
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We seem to have overlooked or forgotten this most beautiful scripture, John 3:30, that acts as a bridge to heaven. Instead, it is so often, “me, my life, my desires, my family, my money, my parents, my assets, my car, my studies, my career, my prestige, my feelings, my emotions, my pain, my hurt, my expectations, my church, my friends, my house, my...my...my...my.” Look around.... we are filled with everything that makes us slaves to the idols of this world. Mathew 10:37 says, “Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” Note that in Mathew, Jesus says 'worthy of me', thus if we idolize any earthly person or thing, we are not worthy of God and if we are not worthy of God then how can Christ's message of “He must increase; I must decrease” (John 3:30) be fulfilled. I would like to draw your attention to Mathew 4:8-10 which says, “Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and said unto him, all these things will I give thee, if thou wilt
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fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” Unfortunately, we have all fallen short of the true love and fear of God that is required of us (humility, meekness, brokenness, selflessness and of dying to self) and many of us have turned to the very opposite of it. Somewhere in our lives, perhaps among achievements in our life, our work life, family life, ministry life etc. pride entered in either with or without our knowledge. Proverbs 16:18 says: “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” Please bear with me, I do understand I am delivering truths that our flesh does not wish to hear, however, that which pains our flesh eventually brings about the crucifixion of our flesh and, in turn, the liberation of our soul unto Christ, life and blessing. Let me now direct your attention to Ezekiel 2:8-10, “But thou son of man, hear what I say unto thee; be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth and eat that I give thee. And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and lo, a roll of a book was therein; and he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning and woe.” Here we see God asking Ezekiel to eat the roll of a book which had three words written inside and outside.
