TOPIC: A BURDEN FOR THE WORD OF GOD
TEXT: Malachi 1:1-5(NKJV)
1:1. The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
1:2. ” I have loved you,” says the LORD. “Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’ [Was] not Esau Jacob’s brother?” Says the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved;
1:3. But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness.”
1:4. Even though Edom has said, “We have been impoverished, But we will return and build the desolate places,” Thus says the LORD of hosts: “They may build, but I will throw down; They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness, And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever.
1:5. Your eyes shall see, And you shall say, ‘The LORD is magnified beyond the border of Israel.’
STUDY:
The word burden is got from a Hebrew word which means ‘to lift up.’ Therefore, burden for the word of God means ‘lifting the word of God.’ The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews reveals that God in ancient times spoke to the ancestors through the prophets but, in these last days, He chose to speak to us through His Son Jesus Christ (Heb.1:1). The word of God through the prophets and later through Jesus, was perfectly in harmony. Broadly, the word is of two different kinds namely: ‘foretelling ‘and ‘forth-telling.’ To forth-tell is to reveal the will, mind, law and instructions of God through verbal or written proclamation. To foretell on the other hand is to reveal the plans, program and purpose of God for humanity and the entire universe. Jesus Christ who himself is the word of God (John 1:1-4) came into the world and revealed the mind and law of God. He also made known the plans and purpose of God for the whole world. He called everyone to repentance and faith in God and revealed the ultimate purpose and plan of God for the salvation of mankind. This is the gospel that his followers are called to proclaim. As Jesus ascended into heaven, He handed over to us the work of proclaiming the word of God. It is therefore a necessity and divine obligation for all true followers of Christ to bear the burden of preaching the word of God at all times and in all places, to the end of the world (Matt 28:19-20; 2 Tim.4:2; 1 Cor.9:16).
PRAYER:
O Lord create in me holy zeal and burden to be an oracle of your word, Amen!
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