Although we are unfaithful, God is faithful in His purpose; we need to see God’s faithfulness in fulfilling His economy and realize that He is faithful to remove our idols and bring us back to Himself as the fountain of living waters. The books of Jeremiah and Lamentations show us both how we are unfaithful […]
Being Exposed of having Idols in our Heart and Returning to God to Drink and Enjoy Him
The evil condition of a wicked person is that they don’t come to the Lord to eat and enjoy Him; rather, they may do many things, but they don’t drink Him, and they have idols in their heart, seeking after God yet still having other things and matters that they worship. As believers in Christ, […]
Not Committing the Evils of Forsaking God as the Source and having Idols as His replacement
May we not commit the evils of forsaking God as our source and having idols as His replacement! Israel should have drunk of God as the fountain of living waters to be His increase as His expression, but instead they committed two evils: they forsook God as their fountain and they turned to another source, […]
Going Forward in God’s Glorious Goal to Enjoy Christ with all the Saints in the Body
The story in Num. 32 needs to be a warning to us, for if we care too much about ourselves and our enjoyment but not for God’s people, not being willing to go forward, we will not be able to fulfill God’s will and plan or reach God’s glorious goal. Outwardly what the two and […]
The Original Condition of the Church and the need for the Recovery of the Church
In order for us to recognize the need for the recovery of the church, we need to first know the original condition of the church and then see the degradation of the church. What is in God’s heart to have is the church, for the church is His corporate expression on earth, and the church […]
Learning from History to Forsake Idols and be Built Together to have the Glory of God
The glory of the Lord is with His people, in His dwelling place, but when there are idols in the house of God, the glory of God withdraws step by step, leaving first the temple, then the city, and finally the people. Ezekiel witnessed this. The history of the glory of God being with His […]