This is one of those fascinating chapters for me as the people gather so attentively to the word of the Lord. I appreciate how everyone is involved Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priests and his fellow priest and the Levites who instruct the people in smaller groups. There is so much here to dwell upon.
But it was the small one syllable word ‘they’ that garnered my attention. Verse 1: all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
It was the people who begged and asked for Ezra to read the Law to them.
This chapter represents a great move of God among His people. The people are not forced to listen to the Word, or coerced, or cajoled. They ask for it!
O that God’s people today would long for and hunger for and desire the word as His people did back on that day.
God’s word is our source of truth, inspiration, correction and blessings…
Lord, would You move again creating a desire for Your word in Your people. In every tradition and denomination, country and nation Lord, birth a hunger for Your word. Birth a desire to soak in Your word in order to live Your word more fully and completely until You birth Your new heaven and new earth and we reside with You directly.
Open Your word tomorrow among Your people and give the people attentive hearts to Your world as it is proclaimed around the world on Your Lord’s Day. I pray this in Jesus name. Amen.
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