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"Because when I called you did not answer..."
I used to sometimes wonder what this city, even this nation, would've been like had, even those connected to my assignment, simply come when called, and done as God commanded, rather than as predicted they would. I didn't have to wonder long. Thankfully God has already provided all answers. As it is written:
Isaiah 48:18 If only you had paid attention to MY commands, your peace would have been like a river,
your well-being like the waves of the sea.
Yet, far too often does man, out of fear of what others will think and/or say, sell God short for "a few crumbs of bread and a handful of barley" (i.e. acceptance, prosperity, and popularity).
"Where is the house you will...