May 22-28, 2023 Our Christian Life And Ministry (Midweek) Meeting Answers: Spiritual Gems

May 22-28, 2023 Our Christian Life And Ministry (Midweek) Meeting Answers: Spiritual Gems

Have you experienced that you hold back on giving something to Jehovah? This week's meeting will encourage us to do more for Him. Yes, we do not need to give up all the comforts to please Jehovah. But we can examine ourselves if we could make additional sacrifices!

Amaziah would have known that Jehovah owns everything that He can return to us doubled! He can compensate us any financial loss that we had because of doing first His will. We should not doubt that. Many true-to-life experiences can prove this fact. And maybe you have felt this too recently, have you?

Here are some spiritual gems that I have dug this week from 2 Chronicles chapters 25-27:

• 2 Chronicles 25:14,16 shows that no other God is greater than Jehovah! Edom’s false gods could not save Amaziah or even great Petra itself when Jehovah, the living and true God, resolved to bring them to ruin. Today Petra is desolate; no one lives there. Few visitors pass through to see the ruins. In miniature fulfillment of Jehovah’s prophecy on Edom, typical Edom exists no more; and its mighty metropolis, Petra, is a haunt for wild animals. Its ruins remain as a monument to the fact that God’s words never fail: “I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.”—Ezek. 35:9, AS. We need to trust only Him!
• 2 Chronicles 26:16 is a reminder for us to remain humble. Even a person whose heart has been humble in service of God can become haughty because of gaining wealth or power or because of his beauty, success, wisdom, or the acclaim of others. King Uzziah of Judah was such a person. He ruled well and enjoyed Jehovah’s blessing for many years. (2Ch 26:3-5) But the Bible record states: “However, as soon as he was strong, his heart became haughty even to the point of causing ruin, so that he acted unfaithfully against Jehovah his God and came into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.” (2Ch 26:16) Uzziah lifted himself by doing things he is not entitled to do. We must always acknowledge our limitations and respect the arrangements in the congregation.

What is yours? Share it in the comment section below. Be safe everyone.

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