`Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in the war, when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives. `As I live,' declares the Lord GOD, `Surely in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, in Babylon he shall die. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape? `But he rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many troops. That the kingdom might be in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue. He also took away the mighty of the land, `He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. ``Say now to the rebellious house, `Do you not know what these things mean? ' Say, `Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ``Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it-wither on the beds where it grew?"'" ``Say, `Thus says the Lord GOD, ``Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers-so that all its sprouting leaves wither? And neither by great strength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again. ``It was planted in good soil beside abundant waters, that it might yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine."' ``But there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him from the beds where it was planted, that he might water it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches. ``Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. He placed it beside abundant waters he set it like a willow. ``He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. ``He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants he set it in a city of traders.
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Saying, `Thus says the Lord GOD, ``A great eagle with great wings, long pinions and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar. ``Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel,
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, When you feel unsatisfied, remember all you have in Christ and respond according to these truths rather than your feelings. What’s more, the hardships of life can easily drag us down if we don’t keep our focus on the Lord. There’s always something newer and better to acquire or a more appealing relationship to pursue. 8:18).Ĭontentment is hard to find and even harder to keep. The comforts and pleasures of this life were not worthy to be compared to the eternal glory that awaited him (Rom. Paul knew he was spiritually rich and had been given “every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Eph. The secret that he discovered was to focus on and rejoice in the Lord. The source of his contentedness was obviously not his situation, and that can be true for you as well. His life was filled with dangers, rejection, personal attacks, beatings, and imprisonment, yet he claimed to have learned the secret of being content in every circumstance. But that was not the apostle Paul’s experience. What kind of life do you think brings contentment? You might assume it’s one with few problems, good health, financial security, and a loving family.
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