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An Oracle


 God will restore His people

In the Bible, an oracle was a divine pronouncement through a prophet that directed human action for the present or for the future. The prophet, Habakkuk received an oracle after he had complained to the Lord saying; “How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen?” The Lord answered him; “Look at the nations and watch – and be utterly amazed. For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it was told to you” (Habakkuk 1:2 & 5).

If you are like me, a little bad news goes a long way. It doesn’t take much to overwhelm me. I read in the news about how some local person is arrested for stealing large amounts of copper wire, a young person commits some act of violence in his school, a woman aborts her baby in a bus station, a people in Asia revolts against their government, a radical nation builds a nuclear bomb – it can all be so depressing! And then, we have our own personal problems in our own lives, in our own homes with our own family. O Lord.

Like Habakkuk, we too cry out to God for His help but, at times, so do we think God is not listening! He is. It is not He who has given up on us, leaving us alone in our troubles, but we who have given up on Him by our denial of His power -- by our lack of faith. Here is the truth; we will see more of the better results we expect when we first praise Him. We should always bless the Lord even when our troubles seem to overwhelm us. This is God’s divine approach, and we must always remember to observe this. In your greatest distress, search for something to be thankful for then bless Him and thank Him.

God seeks a line of communication with us. We connect with Him when we praise Him. Once our connection is made through our praise we may then follow along this line and communicate our cry of distress to Him.
God will restore His people – He will restore you and me.

“I will bless the Lord at all times: / His praise shall continually be in my mouth. …/
I sought the Lord, and He heard me, / and delivered me from all my fears. / They looked unto Him, and were lightened: / and their faces were not ashamed” (Psalm 34:1, 4-5).

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