Malachi 1:17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” You ask. You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good int eh Lord’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking,”Where is the God of justice?”
You worship men. You worship things. You listen to the teaching of false teachers. You elevate the status of “men and women of God”, self-proclaimed spiritual leaders and prophets, who teach false doctrine, who “prophesy” in my name yet do not know me. You believe wrong interpretations of my Word, without taking the time or investing the energy to verify – to study my Word yourself. You choose “teachers” whose gospel messages tickle your ears, make you feel better about yourself, allow you to continue in your selfishness and sin instead of doing what is right – challenging you to live by my Word, my true Word, and challenging you to see who you really are and change whatever is causing you to be far from me. You lie to yourself and tell yourself that you are “following Christ”, that you are a “Christian”, that you are a true “believer” – yet you do not know my Word, you do not know me, you do not believe what is True. You talk and you talk and you pray and you seek my favor – but you do not say anything worthwhile, you do not listen and you do not actually seek me. You seek what you want me to do for you. You seek help, money, elevation in your business or social lives, safety, comfort. You seek power and knowledge and when you receive them you do not know how to appropriately use them. You say you want me in your life, but what you really want is my power, my miraculous ability to do whatever you want me to do. You say you are my follower, yet you almost always lead and rarely do you follow. If you were in a relationship with a person that treated you as you treat me, would you listen? Would you answer them? Would you want to spend time with them? Step out of your small, self-involved universe and open your eyes, your ears, your heart to the larger reality of life. If you only live for yourself, there will come a day when the only person in your life will be you – you will have achieved what you sought – everything revolving around you. Look around – you are a Nation of people who – in great part – cannot see beyond themselves while wondering why your Nation is breaking into a million pieces. Wake up. Repent. Do the painful work of self-discovery and change. I will hear those prayers. I will listen. I will help. I will change you into the person I created you to be. If enough of you will submit, will humble yourselves and place your lives in my hands – if enough of you do it soon enough – there is yet a chance you can save your Nation. But pay attention, your enemy has taken much ground and advances his evil plans exponentially each and every day. Could I stop him? Yes, in less than an instant. Yet, this is your battle at the moment. Use the free will that I have gifted you and choose wisely. Every choice you make determines the course of not only your life, but your Nation’s. I will end this war when it is time. But don’t make the mistake of sitting around waiting for me to do so. You are to be engaged in the battles as long as I tarry.
Amanuensis 