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Why me?
it happens to all of us at some point, we wonder why am I here?
What is my purpose?
What does Adonai want me to do?
These are not only normal questions they are good questions we should ask these questions.
We have been made for a purpose.
Paul often times wrote about our purpose.
In He writes:
12 So that, my beloved, as you always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much rather in my absence—work out your own deliverance with fear and trembling,
13 for it is Elohim who is working in you both to desire and to work for His good pleasure.
And in Paul lays out plainly his thoughts on our purpose while he writes to Timothy from prison.
He writes to encourage Timothy and remind him of his purpose as a teacher.
What he writes in verses 8&9 are also applicable to us:
8 So do not be ashamed of the witness of our Master, nor of me His prisoner, but suffer hardship with me for the Good News according to the power of Elohim,
9 who has saved us and called us with a set-apart calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and favour which was given to us in Messiah יהושׁע before times of old,
We all have a purpose.
I think many of us would say we already know this.
In fact it is my opinion that if we could poll all of humanity that even those that deny any kind of belief in Adonai would even say they have a purpose.
So this idea of having a purpose is not a new concept for us.
What we would all probably agree on is it is not always obvious and it may not be according to our own works and will, but it is according to Adonai’s will and purpose.
I want us to establish the very general purpose that Adonai has given us.
The scriptures are full of descriptions of Adonai speaking to the children of Israel.
He speak to them with different voices and in different temperaments.
In the book of Micah we have Adonai warning the children of Israel.
Some would say Adonai is angry I read it and I also see frustration.
How do you feel when your father is frustrated?
How do you feel when you are the cause of his frustration?
I want to present from the idea that we know we have a purpose, it just seems it is not what we want our purpose to be.
This idea can be presented many ways.
I am going to present it as 3 questions.
Why am I not where or when I want to be?
Why am I not doing what I want to do?
Why am I not who I want to be?
As we look at this we are going to assume that this is not out of selfishness.
An example we are not going to analyze why am I not rich and powerful, but why am I not a prophet or why am I not the high priest?
In other words we are going to assume the question has noble or good intentions.
So to start why do we not live in Israel?
Why are we outside the promised land?
In Micah we see many prophetic concepts.
The first 4 chapters really list many of the things that the people have failed to do.
Then in Chapter 5 Adonai warns them of what is going to happen.
Then in Chapter 6 Adonai tells them why.
When I read this it is less of a here are the specific charges and more of a “This is how you hurt me”.
1Hear what ADONAI is saying:
“Arise!
Contend with the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
2Hear, ADONAI’s dispute, O mountains—
the enduring foundations of the earth.
For ADONAI has a dispute with His people
and He will argue His case with Israel.
3O My people, what have I done to you?
Or how have I wearied you?
Answer Me!
4When I brought you up from
the land of Egypt,
and redeemed you from
the house of bondage,
I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam.
5O My people, remember, please:
What did Balak, king of Moab, propose?
What did Balaam son of Beor answer him?
From Shittim as far as Gilgal,
so that you might acknowledge
the righteous acts of ADONAI.”
When I read this it sounds like a father pouring his heart out to his child.
He start with reminding them of who is to them.
He then reminds them of what Balak and Balaam did to bring a plague on the people.
They enticed Israel to SIN but more than that move away from their father’s purpose for them and thus away from him.
If jump down to verse 8 we have the purpose for us as a people laid out very plainly.
8He has told you, humanity, what is good,
and what ADONAI is seeking from you:
Only to practice justice, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God.
This is our purpose.
We each apply this to our lives in specific ways for our experience and place in Adonai’s creation.
If we do apply this correctly we elevate the physical to reach the spiritual.
Though it sounds easy for us to be able to apply this we will have to look foolish to the world, but we will be precious to our creator.
Finally if each of the God fearers in the world applied this in their lives we would be participating in the restoration of creation a concept called Tikkun Olam.
So what does it mean to only practice Justice? 3 little words and if everyone gave their thoughts they may all be different.
I am going to use the examples set forth in the Torah.
Let us first look at D’varim
17 ‘Do not show partiality in right-ruling, hear the small as well as the great.
Do not be afraid of anyone’s face, for the right-ruling belongs to Elohim.
And the case which is too hard for you, bring it to me, and I shall hear it.’
Further in the book we also this is not only given to judges but this is a description that Adonai applies to himself D’varim
17 “For יהוה your Elohim is Elohim of mighty ones and Master of masters, the great Ěl, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.
18 “He executes right-ruling for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and a garment.
So this is not just a description of judges but is also of our heavenly father.
Of course when we look to see if this was applied to Yeshua we find similar things.
In some people are sent to try and trap Yeshua but even they must describe him as just.
21 They put to him this sh’eilah: “Rabbi, we know that you speak and teach straightforwardly, showing no partiality but really teaching what God’s way is.
So it is with judges and the father and the son to not show partiality but to do justice, are we sure it is so with us?
In is very clear on the subject
8 If you truly accomplish the sovereign law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you do well,
9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, being found guilty by the Torah as transgressors.
We are to uphold justice and not show partiality and if we stopped at that, the world would be hard and cold.
The father does not stop their either he coupled together the concepts of mercy and grace with it.
What is the second thing the father would have us do after justice?
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