Malachi

Disappointment with God takes us to very predictable places. Bitterness sets in and we think thoughts that were once unthinkable. “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord” Malachi 2:17. Worship becomes listless and disgusting to God. “Oh one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my alter! I am not pleased with you. Malachi 1:10. We hold so tightly to whatever security we think we have, especially money, that we rob God. “Yet you rob me.. in tithes and offerings” Malachi 3:8. Even marriages suffer because of it. Hearts that grow cold toward God will soon grow cold to those nearest us, “You have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant” Malachi 2:14.

Malachi provides an agenda for prayer in a time of disappointment with God. First praise God for his faithfulness in the past and his promises for the future. Remember to “guard yourself in your spirit”, and that “I the Lord do not change” Malachi 2:15; 3:6) Second get back into conversation with God. Talk to God more than you talk about him.

Malachi 1:11 “My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.