Tool chests…

 Tool chests….

I was at the pain doctor’s office the other day… instead of the ordinary set of cabinets found in doctor offices for “centuries” was the metal ones we used to see only in auto shops…the ones with all of the neat drawers, roll around wheels….

Someone, somewhere thought “outside the box” and started using the tool chests and it has caught on…I have seen these tool chests in hairdressers, craft rooms, woodworking places, garages, classrooms, etc, etc, etc…

They have become a “cross cultural “ tool…something everyone can use…

I know this is giant leap, but it made me think of the Word of God…

For thousands of years, it was read at the temple, by those in authority …then the leaders passed it to other leaders until it was translated and printed so that not just those in authority could read it…revolutionary…and criminal…but the everyday “Joe” could actually hold a copy in their hand, share it with others, read it on their own…and the Word has spread and spread all over the world…the ultimate “Tool chest”…the way from bondage to freedom, dark to light…filled with words of  life, tools to live by, useful in all situations….

It has been burned, scorned, hidden, refuted, secreted away, prohibited, but yet it is the most translated and printed book in the World…and still going strong…it is the best Tool Chest in the world…

Thank YOU….

 And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 

So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. 

And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. 

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. 

They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.

Neh.8.1-8

 I will meditate on your precepts-and fix my eyes on your ways. 

I will delight in your statutes;I will not forget your word. 

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart. 

Lead me in the path of your commandments,for I delight in it. 

I will also speak of your testimonies before kingsand shall not be put to shame, for I find my delight in your commandments,which I love. 

Remember your word to your servant,in which you have made me hope. 

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Ps.119.15,Ps.119.16,Ps.119.34,Ps.119.35,Ps.119.46,Ps.119.47,Ps.119.49,Ps.119.105

 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Acts.17.11

 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

2Tim.3.15-17

 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2Pet.1.19-21

Thy Word…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6LC8cu03Ig

Word of God Speak…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqsnGE3_dsg