Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Womens study wed

Jeremiah 9:17  Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
18  And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

Call for the weeping women........

Jeremiah 9:20  Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.

Teach our daughters and our neighbors?

What is wailing?
wail
noun /wāl/ 
wails, plural
  1. A prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger
    • - Christopher let out a wail

  2. A sound resembling this
    • - the wail of an air-raid siren

verb /wāl/ 
wailed, past participle; wailed, past tense; wailing, present participle; wails, 3rd person singular present
  1. Give such a cry of pain, grief, or anger
    • - Tina ran off wailing
    • - “But why?” she wailed

  2. Make a sound resembling such a cry
    • - the wind wailed and buffeted the timber structure

  3. Manifest or feel deep sorrow for; lament
    • - she wailed her wretched life


Web definitions
  • howl: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
  • cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain"
  • lament: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
A loud cry or shriek; To cry out, as in sorrow; To weep loudly; To make a noise like crying
  • wailing - loud cries made while weeping
Why was God calling for the wailing women in Jeremiah? Because the people refused to turn from their sin and seek the Lord. Sound familiar? God wants us to understand the seriousness of this thing. In Ezekiel God says he wishes that none should perish but that all would repent and turn and serve the Lord. We are too caught up on our stuff. Our feelings, our thoughts on the matter, our tiny little globes we live in. PEOPLE ARE DYING!!!!!!! God's word tells us that none can come unto Him unless they be called. Who is praying "call them Lord?" Who is asking God to give them the grace to come out from darkness. Preachers all over the world extend the invitation, but if I invited you to Madagascar and never told you what to expect, what you might see, hear, how you will feel when you arrive. Would you walk away from everything you know on a chance? God loves people, even rebellious people, look how long he put up with the children of Israel? But who was praying for that whole nation the entire time? Moses.  Do you love one another enough to pray for one another for more then 5 min or even 5 hours if necessary? The bible tells us that the world shall know we are His disciples by the love we show one for another.(John 13:35) Do you show love for people who are fickle? who don't show it back? who don't even act like they care? Jesus said love your enemies.(Luke 6:35) If we cannot be a people who show Gods love to the world we will never convince them to join in the battle against Satan. Why are you here? What makes you come? Its not because Donald is soo nice and sweet or easy to listen to always. Is it a love for the truth? Honesty? Think about it..... Why. What is your motivation? Is it enough? The devil will always do all he can to hinder you. He will do it obviously and subtly. Do you have your foundation laid so that you can be a tree planted by the waters of living water? (Ps 1:3, Jer 17:8) We are to learn to pray intensely and with passion that surpasses what we give or do for anyone or anything else. In Esther 4 they called a fast with weeping and wailing 3 days. After that God turned the enemies plans on Himself. There is power in prayer. In Amos 5:16-17 God says call those who are skilled. Means they have spent time learning how to pour themselves out before the Lord.

Amos 8:11-12 We are entering that time. Do you want to be a part of a place in the wilderness that has a word from the Lord or do you want to be a wanderer. If you are unwilling to dedicate and devote whatever time God gives you to become totally focused on Him and seeking His face you will end up a wanderer.

The bible in the old testament says to wail before God. As I thought and researched I realized you can wail and weep over the sins now or forever be in a place where there is weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Those who pour out their emotion before God here and now are open before Him and can be used by Him.

Ps 1, Ps 51:1-19

How to pray? What to say? To get in our own way....... Hindrances, reservations, self consciousness? 

After we have poured our heart out for/to God and wailed for the lost and broken in this world, cried about the sin in the land and the deception Satan has the people in then God can speak to us.  In the still small voice. Ex 14:3, 1 Ki 19:12, Ps 46:10. God will take us to that quiet place.  The midnight hour. The quiet after the storm. Not until we have sought the Lord, been through the storm, learned the lessons, seen the evil, can we stop, slow down, and hear the voice of God.