His-Story are full of puzzles, and once we get to the end we will be able to frame them on the wall in the heaven! Just like how those people once framed those puzzles into over 200 stained glass windows at Washington National Cathedral, one of the 2nd largest cathedral in the United States and the 6th largest in the world! Ever tried to read a story by either looking at the pictures from the bottom to the top or from the top to the bottom, actually I couldn't figure it out when I was there due to insufficient time. Over 200 stained glass windows, I've got a good excuse for not figuring things out, until the next time!
But do we ever tried to figure out the puzzles within the Bible ourselves? Do we ever see how God decorated His puzzles so that He can frame His puzzles when they are completed upon His wall? God love the chain reaction, the domino effect! His-Story hits His-Story throughout the Bible!
Jeremiah prophsied, Daniel discovered Jeremiah's 70-years prophecy and prayed over his sins and the sins of his people Israel so his plea went to the Lord, then Isreal was released! So they were able to see beyond the walls of Babylon for the years of captive had ended to see the future and hope that God had planned for them, so Jer 29:11 promise came! But that story didn't end!
The sounds of a shout and a weep went all over the Jerusalem when the foundation of the Temple was laid. So, King Darius sent his associates to find some information about the names of leaders, but they responded, "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth." So the letter returned to King Darius with name-blanks along with His-Story, so he made a decree that everyone shall "let the work on this house of God alone" and that "the cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue... and whatever is needed... be given to them day by day without fail." God's provision began to flow and flow! Even more, Ezra also received his for "the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him." So Ezra was able to teach the people about the Law of Moses that the Lord the God of Israel had given. Even the king told Ezra to take the treasury from the king's if needed, "Whatever else is required for the house of your God, which it falls to you to provide, you may provide it out of the king's treasury."
God's the one who made this His-Story! "Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem."
Ezra was amazed by His chain reaction as he studied His-Story, so he proclaimed a fast to humble themselves before the Lord as they seek from Him a safe journey for themselves. "So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty." They were truly protected under His unique umbrella that included the stained glass windows! They were grateful that God had also used the generations before them to bring them there!
If the generations before you can pray for you even in 3,000 years before, then why couldn't we pray for those leaders who came from 3,000 years before as well? Could we pray for those sons of the prophets from 3,000 years ago to recover their lost ax head? Could we pray for the Shunammite's land to be restored? I would!
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