Shan Dai Advocacy

Exodus

February 6, 2007 on 6:57 pm | In His First Bible, Old Testament, PrayerGrams |

The book of Exodus records the miraculous journey of the Israelites as God gave them deliverance and provision. In the middle of the book, God gave the Ten Commandments to them as evidence that He is God and He is not silent. “I am the LORD your God…do not worship any other gods besides me. Do not make idols of any kind…you must never worship or bow down to them for I will not share your affection with any other god! I do not leave unpunished the sins of those who hate me…but I lavish my love on those who love me and obey my commands, even for a thousand generations” (Exodus 20:2-6). Those are the first three of the ten. It is fascinating that on the walls of the Shan Dai Buddhist temples, some of commandments dealing with mankind are graphically displayed. Yet to the Dai’s tragic demise, somewhere in their history, the commands about God were not passed down from generation to generation. As a result, the Shan Dai deeply offend God, who requires worship of only that which is worthy: the Lord your God. May the Shan Dai people see that You, God are God alone. Rethinking generations of false teaching, we pray they change their ways to receive and then joyfully follow God’s full commandments, refusing to bow down to other gods and idols, which they have made. Lord, may there be great repentance and revival among the Shan Dai people. May they begin to experience Your lavish unfailing love from this generation forward.