November 21st - "Skilled in the Word"

"For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His statues and ordinances in Israel."    Ezra 7:10

Every generation needs more men like Ezra. He not only set his heart to study God's law, but he also set his heart to practice it. Ezra was intent on practicing what he preached. Ezra was God's man. Do you want that distinction? Do you want to be known as a man or woman of God? Ezra has given us the pattern to follow. Talk is cheap, but Ezra backed up his talk with his walk. Have you become "skilled" in the Word of God? We must know it, to live it. Ezra was a diligent student of God's law in a pagan environment. Our excuses won't work. We do what we want to do. Only those who pay the price reap the rewards. Where is the next Ezra?

"This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the Lord God had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him."    Ezra 7:6