Example of Ezra

Read Ezra 7:10

This one short verse says a lot about this man Ezra. It tells us he was a man devoted to the study of the Law of the Lord. But it tells us more. It tells us he was a man who was devoted to the observance of the Law of the Lord. And then it tells us one more thing, he was devoted to teaching the decrees of the Law of the Lord in Israel.

Imagine for a moment your name was going to be included in the Holy Scriptures. Think about that for a minute. What would you want it to say about you? Would it say the kind of things that were written about Ezra? Now take another moment and consider not what you would want it to say, but what would it actually say based on how and what you have devoted your life to? Would you be thankful for what was written about your devotion or would you prefer your name be left out because your devotion was placed in the wrong places.

Ezra's life with this one little verse gives us a great example of what and how we should devote our lives. Let's commit ourselves to full devotion. Full devotion to studying the word of God; full devotion to obeying the word and then full devotion to sharing the truth of God.