“In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfil
the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king
of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and to put it in writing.”
- Ezra 1:1
In the book
of 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, all of the sins of the kings of Judah and Israel,
which also caused their own kingdoms to sin was recorded. And because of the
sins these kingdoms has committed, their citizens were exiled to Assyria as God’s
punishment to them, and have lived there for a long time. But in the first
chapter of the book of Ezra, it was told that sometime after the exile, God
moved the heart of Cyrus, king of Persia and used Him to allow the people of
Judah and Israel to return to Judah and rebuild the temple of the Lord. This
event has clearly shown that even though the people of Judah and Israel has
been unfaithful to the Lord their God, and has rebelled against Him, God is
still faithful and will always make a way for His people.
In the
current times, we must know as Christians that this faithfulness that God has
shown to Judah and Israel has never faded. Up until this very moment, God is still
faithful to His own people – which is now, the believers of Christ – us
Christians.
Now as
Christians, we may have times in our lives where we have fallen into temptation
and has become disobedient to God even though we are already born again, and in
these times, we might have felt that God has left us and has let Satan take
control of our lives as a punishment to us – but this is wrong. Of course,
every action we make has its own consequence, and it’s just normal for us to be
punished because of the sins we made. But we must know that this doesn’t mean that
God has delivered us into the hands of the devil. If we think like that in
those times, then we may have forgotten the fact that God is always faithful!
The fact
that God is always faithful and will never forsake us is something that many
backsliders has forgotten after they committed a sin. They went away and hid in
shame because they are afraid of condemnation and they think that they wouldn’t
be forgiven again, which is incorrect. I believe, the reason why they ran away
from being a Christian was because they didn’t have a solid grasp of this very
personality of God.
So with this,
it has been revealed to me that it is very essential for every believer to
grasp this personality of God so that we could continue on the journey we
are taking in this Christian life. We should never lose our faith, hope, and trust
in the Lord for He remains faithful forever, and will always give us a second
chance every time we fall.
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