Zephaniah 1:12 KJV
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Perhaps one of the greatest sins any man can fall into is that of not expecting God to do anything. It may be that we don't call the work of God evil; just that we don't think God works much if at all.
• We don't expect that He will come again
• We don't expect that He will judge sin
• We don't expect that He will reward the righteous
Even Christians can fall into a trap of complacency about the working of the Lord. We just don't expect Him to answer our prayers
• We don't expect Him to honor our service in church
• We don't expect that there is any chastening for our unfaithfulness
It was likely in Zephaniah's day, that the work of God among the people was not as apparent as at other times. We do know that those times of great miracles came in waves and not all of the time. It could certainly not be said that they were always seeing the sick raised to health and God speaking to them from burning bushes. While there was always someone preaching the Word of God it wasn't that there was always someone receiving brand new revelations. We walk by faith and not by sight. If those powerful types of miracles happened on a daily basis we would be walking by sight and not faith.
Most of what God is doing, good, or evil (as in the sense of reward or judgment) happens in an unseen and spiritual realm and not in the obvious and visible world. In order for us to expect God to do god and evil we must do so by faith and look for it in unseen ways and in eternal values.
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Perhaps one of the greatest sins any man can fall into is that of not expecting God to do anything. It may be that we don't call the work of God evil; just that we don't think God works much if at all.
• We don't expect that He will come again
• We don't expect that He will judge sin
• We don't expect that He will reward the righteous
Even Christians can fall into a trap of complacency about the working of the Lord. We just don't expect Him to answer our prayers
• We don't expect Him to honor our service in church
• We don't expect that there is any chastening for our unfaithfulness
It was likely in Zephaniah's day, that the work of God among the people was not as apparent as at other times. We do know that those times of great miracles came in waves and not all of the time. It could certainly not be said that they were always seeing the sick raised to health and God speaking to them from burning bushes. While there was always someone preaching the Word of God it wasn't that there was always someone receiving brand new revelations. We walk by faith and not by sight. If those powerful types of miracles happened on a daily basis we would be walking by sight and not faith.
Most of what God is doing, good, or evil (as in the sense of reward or judgment) happens in an unseen and spiritual realm and not in the obvious and visible world. In order for us to expect God to do god and evil we must do so by faith and look for it in unseen ways and in eternal values.
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