Morning by Morning, November 29 - “Multitudes, Multitudes in the Valley of Decision” Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind, Your desires in my heart, and Your words in my mouth, as I seek to be more like You today, for as You are, so are we to be in our world (1 John 4:17). ... In these days, at this time, it seems all the world is coming into a division and point of decision on the question of Israel. Yesterday, a vote was taken in our Congress of whether our nation would affirm Israel’s right to exist. Most said Yes, but some said No, or at least refused to say Yes. This morning, this ancient Prophesy from the Word of God recorded in the Third Chapter of the Book of Joel comes to mind. I don’t understand all that it means or all the timing of its fulfillment, whether in whole or in part, but I do know it’s true and every Word of God will be fulfilled--all in Your time and all in Your way, based upon Your sovereignty which includes Your respecting of our decisions (Matthew 24:35; Isaiah 55:11): “For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land. 3 They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink. 4 “Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you retaliate against Me? But if you retaliate against Me, Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head; 5 Because you have taken My silver and My gold, And have carried into your temples My prized possessions. 6 Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders. 7 “Behold, I will raise them Out of the place to which you have sold them, And will return your retaliation upon your own head. 8 I will sell your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the people of Judah, And they will sell them to the Sabeans, To a people far off; For the Lord has spoken.” 9 Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. 10 Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ” 11 Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord. 12 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. 13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great.” 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness. 16 The Lord also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the Lord will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel. 17 “So you shall know that I am the Lord your God, Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy, And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.” 18 And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water; A fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord And water the Valley of Acacias. 19 “Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of violence against the people of Judah, For they have shed innocent blood in their land. 20 But Judah shall abide forever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation. 21 For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted; For the Lord dwells in Zion” (Joel 3:1-21). As one who is part of the “multitudes” in “the valley of decision,” I want to choose well. I want my nation to choose well. Not based on emotions or the positions of politicians, not based on the trends of the times or the moods of the mobs, but based upon the Word of God, revealed by the Spirit of God. This is not a social issue, but a spiritual issue. And according to Your Word, it is a significant, life-changing, earth-shaking issue that exposes hearts and determines destinies. May we each be led by the Spirit of God in our decisions as children of God (Romans 8:14). And may we each be found faithful on the right side this issue of Israel, as we each come to place of our valley of decision. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be found faithful, by the leading of the Holy Spirit in accordance with God's Word, as you make your decisions concerning the issue of Israel, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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