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• God chose Cyrus to fulfill His promise to free Israel from their bondage in Babylon • Cyrus was given the title of Shepherd and Mashiach • God used Cyrus even though he was a pagan • Woe, the utter foolishness for the created being to dispute the Creator. • Israel and us today cannot question why God does what he does. • Within the family children cannot question the parents as to why they look the way they do

When we regularly celebrate and rejoice in what God has provided for us then we won’t focus on what the world has to offer. And this isn’t because God needs us to celebrate what He’s done, He doesn’t need positive reinforcement. No, it is because when we don’t celebrate what He has done, when we don’t live a life of gratefulness, we have a propensity to forget about all that He has done and focus on what the world around us has instead. When we lose focus on God’s blessings and call in our life we begin to focus on all the greener, prettier grass on the other side and get all next thing we know we find we have lost our way. To understand what I mean by this, lets dig into the Parasha a little bit:

Have you ever found yourself between a spiritual rock and a hard place? You are stuck between both righteousness and worldliness? And I’m sure we’d be surprised how often this actually happens… Or more so, maybe how often we allow it to happen… There have been countless pastors and evangelists who have led many, many people to Salvation, but also fallen in horrendous sexual scandals. Perhaps you’ve found yourself trying to live a holy life on the outside, yet on the inside you know you haven’t fully given everything over to the Lord. Maybe you’re battling anger issues when what you really want is to show the love of Messiah to all... This week’s Parsha relates such a battle of doing what we should even though it could be devastating.

With this passage Moshe, sums up His instructions to them. He gives them a set of challenges and a set of blessings. These challenges and blessings are directly applicable to you because all of us are facing a similar faith journey as the children of Israel.

God is asking the gentile nations who it is that can call invaders from the east This invader will be revealed as Cyrus The emphasis here is on Adonai, the one who can orchestrate all world events Who has performed and done it? Calling forth the generations from the beginning, I, Adonai, am the first and the last, I am He!” In today's time of world trouble we need this reminder

First Question; “What happens when we Seek God” Second question. “What happens when we find God?” Third Question: What do you do when you have and encounter with God?