Pastor John,
Yesterday’s message regarding zeal for God, without knowledge, gave me a brand new perspective on this scripture, from Hosea (4:6): “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.”
I have always considered that scripture to mean that God’s people wither and perish for what they DON’T do, due to lack of knowledge. But now I see how all the more, destruction can come from what God’s people WILL do because of the lack of the knowledge of God.
In our time, buildings (and human beings) are being blown up; wars are started; hatred abounds; and misappropriated love toward what is evil is everywhere. All of this is due to the lack of the knowledge of God, but a zeal to go forward in his name, nonetheless.
A prayer for “zeal for God,” without having the knowledge of God is a prayer for more energy to – go in the wrong direction!
I have never considered this.
Thank you for that!
Jerry