Ezra 10:8 "And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away."
Put yourself in this situation. Imagine, your day to day life, how it's always been, then having to drop that all within 3 days or else everything you own will be lost and you will be cast out from your country. There are very few of us who have ever faced such an immediate, life-changing occurrence.
This begs the question - how serious am I about my relationship with God? If there was a sin in my life, I knew it was a sin, and that it was separating me from God, would I be willing to drop everything, completely change my life in order to make it right?
We rarely see it this way, but the alternative to the above response is a forfeiture of our life. Any life not surrendered utterly to Christ is forfeited. So ask yourself, how serious are you about this relationship with God?
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