Friday, October 15, 2021

Reflection - Number Our Days - A Ruin! A Ruin! A Ruin!

Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 34, "A Ruin! A Ruin! A Ruin!", Page 159.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.


He took the silver and the gold, PHOTO: He took the silver and the gold,
To make me rich in grace;
He quenched earth's lights that I might see
The shining of his face.
- F. B. Meyer

I was hiking in the mountains south of our home in Boise several months ago and came across the ruins of the Golden Chariot Mine, one of the richest gold mines in the Owyhee Mountains of Idaho. I had read that it was the cause of a bitter war that raged underground for weeks - a bloody gun battle in which a number of men lost their lives. The gold still lies in a rich vein that runs under War Eagle Mountain, yet the mine, an all that men gave their lives for there, remains in ruins.

"A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin," Ezekiel exclaims, using the strongest superlative in the Hebrew language. "It will not be restored until he comes to whom it rightfully belongs." (Ezekiel 21:18-27)

This prophecy was directed against Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and was a prediction of the siege of Jerusalem and its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar and his army.

Jerusalem was impregnable, or so Zedekiah believed, his place of ultimate safety. Its walls would never fall. Yet, as the prophecy foretold, the city in which he placed his trust would be reduced to ruins and would not be fully restored, "until He comes to whom it rightfully belongs."

This reference goes back a thousand years or more to Jacob's ancient prophecy: "The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his." (Genesis 49:10) This is the promise of Israel's Messiah, the one to whom the kingdom rightfully belonged. It was this reminder and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem that awakened God's people once again to their need for His wise and righteous rule and His promise that He would restore the city's glory and beauty.

Ruin comes to all of us so that God may build a better thing. He shakes what can be shaken, so that what cannot be shaken may remain. This is the hidden meaning of the devastation that brings down the things we've given our lives to build up and to maintain.

When we fall into ruin, God has graciously provided a way to rebuild. We may live with the results of our sin, but sin repented of draws us back into God's great heart and enables Him to restore us. The grace of men is a sometime thing; the grace of God endures forever.

God's grace is determined by His interest in us. He uses everything for our greater good, even our ruin. This is what theologians call "the economy of salvation." God wastes nothing, not even our sin. "God knows how to draw glory even from our faults. Not to be downcast after committing a fault is one of the marks of true sanctity."

We must not let our defeats defeat us, for our defilement and God's forgiving grace can become the means by which we are drawn into an intimacy with our Lord in greater measure than before. Our sin - repented of and put away - can result in greater results for the kingdom of God than anything we could have accomplished otherwise. Grace takes our most depraved and black-hearted sin and turns it into something beautiful for Him. That, and not our sin, is the final word.

God rids our hearts of past sorrow, even as His goodness and love treat our sins as if they had never happened. And then, as David assures us, "He leads us in paths of righteousness."

The retirement funds we've accumulated with so much care are lost that we may acquire better riches. The reputation we've established for integrity and restraint is shattered that we may despair of our own goodness and find our righteousness in Christ. The friendships we've cultivated lie in ruins that we may gain a truer Friend. The love of our life is taken away that a greater Love may possess us. And then there is aging, the thing that eventually ruins all of us. We are brought down, rendered useless, stripped of pretense and defenses so God can build from the ground up. As George MacDonald said, we learn "to live without earthly provision or precaution." God becomes our sole good, the only thing we desire.

In the end our ruination will have become the best thing that ever happened to us, for it will have turned us to the One to whom we rightfully belong - and in so doing we are restored.

I am alone in the dark, and I am thinking
what darkness would be mine if I could see
the ruin I wrought in every place I wandered
and if I could not be aware of One who follows after me.
Whom do I love, O God, when I love Thee?
The great Undoer who has torn apart
the walls I built against a human heart,
the Mender who has sewn together the hedges
through which I broke when I went seeking ill,
the Love who follows and forgives me still.
Fumbler and fool that I am, with things around me
and of fragile make the souls, how I am blessed
to hear behind me footsteps of a Savior!
I sing to the east, I sing to the lighted west:
God is my repairer of fences, turning my paths into rest.
- Jessica Powers, "Repairer of Fences" (Isaiah 58:12)
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He took the silver and the gold,
To make me rich in grace;
He quenched earth's lights that I might see
The shining of his face.
- F. B. Meyer


He took the silver and the gold, To make me rich in grace; He quenched earth's lights that I might see The shining of his face. - F. B. Meyer PHOTO: He took the silver and the gold, To make me rich in grace; He quenched earth's lights that I might see
The shining of his face. - F. B. Meyer
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I was hiking in the mountains south of our home in Boise several months ago and came across the ruins of the Golden Chariot Mine, one of the richest gold mines in the Owyhee Mountains of Idaho. I had read that it was the cause of a bitter war that raged underground for weeks - a bloody gun battle in which a number of men lost their lives. The gold still lies in a rich vein that runs under War Eagle Mountain, yet the mine, an all that men gave their lives for there, remains in ruins.


Owyhee Mountains of Idaho where the Golden Chariot Mine, one of the richest gold mines remains in ruins.
PHOTO: Owyhee Mountains of Idaho where the Golden Chariot Mine, one of the richest gold mines remains in ruins.
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"A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin," Ezekiel exclaims, using the strongest superlative in the Hebrew language. "It will not be restored until he comes to whom it rightfully belongs." (Ezekiel 21:18-27) [170]

This prophecy was directed against Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and was a prediction of the siege of Jerusalem and its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar and his army.


A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin PHOTO: "A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin," Ezekiel exclaims, using the strongest superlative in the Hebrew language. "It will not be restored until he comes to whom it rightfully belongs." (Ezekiel 21:18-27)
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Jerusalem was impregnable, or so Zedekiah believed, his place of ultimate safety. Its walls would never fall. Yet, as the prophecy foretold, the city in which he placed his trust would be reduced to ruins and would not be fully restored, "until He comes to whom it rightfully belongs."

This reference goes back a thousand years or more to Jacob's ancient prophecy: "The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his." (Genesis 49:10) [171] This is the promise of Israel's Messiah, the one to whom the kingdom rightfully belonged. It was this reminder and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem that awakened God's people once again to their need for His wise and righteous rule and His promise that He would restore the city's glory and beauty.


The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his. PHOTO: "The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his." (Genesis 49:10) It was this reminder and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem that awakened God's people once again to their need for His wise and righteous rule and His promise that He would restore the city's glory and beauty.
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Ruin comes to all of us so that God may build a better thing. He shakes what can be shaken, so that what cannot be shaken may remain. This is the hidden meaning of the devastation that brings down the things we've given our lives to build up and to maintain.

When we fall into ruin, God has graciously provided a way to rebuild. We may live with the results of our sin, but sin repented of draws us back into God's great heart and enables Him to restore us. The grace of men is a sometime thing; the grace of God endures forever.


Ruin comes to all of us so that God may build a better thing. PHOTO: Ruin comes to all of us so that God may build a better thing. When we fall into ruin, God has graciously provided a way to rebuild. The grace of men is a sometime thing; the grace of God endures forever.
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God's grace is determined by His interest in us. He uses everything for our greater good, even our ruin. This is what theologians call "the economy of salvation." God wastes nothing, not even our sin. "God knows how to draw glory even from our faults. Not to be downcast after committing a fault is one of the marks of true sanctity." [172]

We must not let our defeats defeat us, for our defilement and God's forgiving grace can become the means by which we are drawn into an intimacy with our Lord in greater measure than before. Our sin - repented of and put away - can result in greater results for the kingdom of God than anything we could have accomplished otherwise. Grace takes our most depraved and black-hearted sin and turns it into something beautiful for Him. That, and not our sin, is the final word.


We must not let our defeats defeat us, for our defilement and God's forgiving grace can become the means by which we are drawn into an intimacy with our Lord in greater measure than before.
PHOTO: We must not let our defeats defeat us, for our defilement and God's forgiving grace can become the means by which we are drawn into an intimacy with our Lord in greater measure than before. Our sin - repented of and put away - can result in greater results for the kingdom of God than anything we could have accomplished otherwise.
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God rids our hearts of past sorrow, even as His goodness and love treat our sins as if they had never happened. And then, as David assures us, "He leads us in paths of righteousness."

The retirement funds we've accumulated with so much care are lost that we may acquire better riches. The reputation we've established for integrity and restraint is shattered that we may despair of our own goodness and find our righteousness in Christ. The friendships we've cultivated lie in ruins that we may gain a truer Friend. The love of our life is taken away that a greater Love may possess us. And then there is aging, the thing that eventually ruins all of us. We are brought down, rendered useless, stripped of pretense and defenses so God can build from the ground up. As George MacDonald said, we learn "to live without earthly provision or precaution." God becomes our sole good, the only thing we desire.


God rids our hearts of past sorrow, even as His goodness and love treat our sins as if they had never happened.
PHOTO: God rids our hearts of past sorrow, even as His goodness and love treat our sins as if they had never happened. And then, as David assures us, "He leads us in paths of righteousness." We learn "to live without earthly provision or precaution." God becomes our sole good, the only thing we desire.
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In the end our ruination will have become the best thing that ever happened to us, for it will have turned us to the One to whom we rightfully belong - and in so doing we are restored.

I am alone in the dark, and I am thinking
what darkness would be mine if I could see
the ruin I wrought in every place I wandered
and if I could not be aware of One who follows after me.
Whom do I love, O God, when I love Thee?
The great Undoer who has torn apart
the walls I built against a human heart,
the Mender who has sewn together the hedges
through which I broke when I went seeking ill,
the Love who follows and forgives me still.
Fumbler and fool that I am, with things around me
and of fragile make the souls, how I am blessed
to hear behind me footsteps of a Savior!
I sing to the east, I sing to the lighted west:
God is my repairer of fences, turning my paths into rest.
- Jessica Powers, "Repairer of Fences" (Isaiah 58:12)
 
 
I am alone in the dark, and I am thinkingPHOTO: I am alone in the dark, and I am thinking
what darkness would be mine if I could see
the ruin I wrought in every place I wandered
and if I could not be aware of One who follows after me.
Whom do I love, O God, when I love Thee?
. . . .
God is my repairer of fences, turning my paths into rest.
- Jessica Powers, "Repairer of Fences" (Isaiah 58:12)
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Dear LordPHOTO: "Dear Lord, we learn that ruin comes to all of us so that You may build a better thing. You shake what can be shaken, so that what cannot be shaken may remain. There will be devastation that brings down the things we've given our lives to build up and to maintain.

We may live with the results of our sin, but sin repented of draws us back into Your great heart and enables You to restore us. When we fall into ruin, You have graciously provided a way to rebuild. The grace of men is a sometime thing; but Your grace endures forever.

Lord, we learn that Your grace is determined by Your interest in us. You use everything for our greater good, even our ruin. You waste nothing, not even our sin. You know how to draw glory even from our faults. We are consoled not to be downcast after committing a fault because it is one of the marks of true sanctity.

Lord, we pray we will not let our defeats defeat us, for our defilement and Your forgiving grace can become the means by which we are drawn into an intimacy with You, in greater measure than before. Our sin - repented of and put away - can result in greater results for the kingdom of God than anything we could have accomplished otherwise. Grace takes our most depraved and black-hearted sin and turns it into something beautiful for You. That, and not our sin, is the final word.

Lord, may You rids our hearts of past sorrow, even as Your goodness and love treat our sins as if they had never happened. And then, as David assures us, You will leads us in paths of righteousness.

The retirement funds we've accumulated with so much care are lost that we may acquire better riches. The reputation we've established for integrity and restraint is shattered that we may despair of our own goodness and find our righteousness in Christ. The friendships we've cultivated lie in ruins that we may gain a truer Friend. The love of our life is taken away that a greater Love may possess us. And then there is aging, the thing that eventually ruins all of us. We are brought down, rendered useless, stripped of pretense and defenses so that You can build from the ground up. May we learn ‘to live without earthly provision or precaution.’ You become our sole good, the only thing we desire.

In the end, may our ruination have become the best thing that ever happened to us, for it will have turned us to You, to whom we rightfully belong - and in so doing we are restored.

Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!"
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Reflection - Number Our Days - A Ruin! A Ruin! A Ruin!
Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 34, "A Ruin! A Ruin! A Ruin!", Page 159.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.



"Faithful to the end", A Preacher's Exposition of 2 Timothy, @ 2014 by Robert M. Solomon

'Faithful to the end', A Preacher's Exposition of 2 Timothy, @ 2014 by Robert M. Solomon<br>
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html


"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon

Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html


"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon

'Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html


"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon

'Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html 


"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon

Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
 

"Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, © 2019 by Robert M. Solomon

Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part I - III (Links), posted on Wednesday, 09 December 2020
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part I - III (Links), posted on Wednesday, 09 December 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part.html
 

Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part IV - V (Links), posted on Thursday, 22 April 2021
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part IV - V (Links), posted on Thursday, 22 April 2021
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Reference
[1] From "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Copyright © 2008 by David Roper, ISBN 978-981-11-7184-0, Chapter 34, "A Ruin! A Ruin! A Ruin!", Page 159-163.

[170] See Ezekiel 21:18-27.

[171] Genesis 49:10, emphasis added

[172] Augustine Guillard


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