Live like Ezra of the old!

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. - Ezra 7:10

In the book of Ezra we read in Chapter 7 and verse 10 that Ezra prepared his heart to SEEK the law of the Lord, and to DO it and to TEACH in Israel statues and judgments.
Ezra was a well-read person and he was a teacher of the Law. Inspite of being busy and thorough in scriptures, he made up his mind and prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord.
In these last days, we too, should be like Ezra of the old. We need to first
Seek the law of the LORD with all our heart - this means that we need to read the Word, meditate and understand the Word in all its contexts. Many a times, we are carried away by the 'business' of the world and we forget to spend time with Him. We look to the gifts rather than the giver says a proverb. How true it is! We are more focussed on the created things than on the creater himself. Like Ezra, we too should prepare our hearts to seek the Bible, the law, the living words. In the book of Isaiah, it says to seek the Lord while he is near. In the book of Amos, it says: Amos 8: 11, 12
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.This prophecy is going to be fulfilled soon. We are going to face a famine of the Word of God. But before that happens, we need to prepare and equip ourselves with the word of God.
Again, I stress on the fact that we need to prepare our hearts to seek the law of the Lord.


The second thing that Ezra did was to DO the word of God. It means that he did not just seek it and forget it, he made it a point to act according to the word of God. Many a times, we hear the saying 'walk the talk'. That means, we need to walk according to what we say. We need to be what we profess ourselves to be. We need to act according to the word of God. In today's world, we lack this. We are ready to stand and speak about the word of God but we are never willing to act/do what it says us to do.





The third thing that Ezra did was to TEACH the word of God. He did not stop at walking the talk, he taught many others the word which was a rarity at that point of time. We also need to do the same. We need to teach people the word of God.
We tend to look at the other way, we first teach the word of God, then we try doing it and then towards the end we try to seek the word of God. This is not the way. It should be the other way round.
First SEEK the word.
Second ACT according to the word.
Third TEACH the word.
Wishing that you all will follow Ezra's footsteps in Seeking, Doing and Teaching the Word of God.
regards
Harry