Ezra 7:6
this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
Tag - God Provides All We Need
In the previous chapters of Ezra we read that as the captives returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple, God opened the mind and the heart of the king of Persia to supply those returning with material cost for building the Temple, as well as food. Latter we learn that God even made it possible for them to use the extra money the king gave them in any way they wanted to use it:
Ezra 7:18
Whatever seems good to you and your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do, according to the will of your God.
However, God does not just supply our material needs when we need it. In the above passage we see that God sent Ezra to speak truth into the hearts of the people. God knows that we need physical needs meet, but He also knows that we need to have someone speaking into our lives about our spiritual needs. Ezra was that person, for this mission. God wants to speak truth to us and He sends people in the middle of our rebuilding times to speak to us. God even granted Ezra all that he needed to return to the land. God was acting in the hearts of the non-believer to accomplish something great in the lives of believers.
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