October 5

There were 2 things that were missing that allowed all of the shortcomings and evil that the Lord was rebuking Israel for. #1 was that they didn’t honor the Lord. They didn’t value Him and what He had to say or how He wanted things done. #2 was that they didn’t fear the Lord. Not only didn’t they value God, but they were not afraid of the consequences of what they were doing. They even went so far as to say that God wouldn’t do anything any way! Value and fear – God may I never lose them, may they never diminish, may they only grow and catalyze me to DO the Word.