There is a time to throw yourself on God; to fore go the typical, obvious way that things are done and place your fate in the hands of God. I am not saying to stop taking your meds or cross traffic blindfolded; to do something foolish and presumptuous to test God. I am saying to back up your claims about God with deeds. Ezra did this. The people of Israel had lost everything that God had given them because they refused to take care of it. Nebuchadnezzar came in with his army and destroyed their civilization. The survivors were led away into exile. Jeremiah prophesied that their exile would last seventy years which it did. God restored the fortune of these exiles and stirred up the Persian King Cyrus to empower them to return to their land and rebuild the temple of God. He even gave back whatever was left of the national treasure that Nebuchadnezzar had stolen. Rebuilding the temple would prove to be the foundation upon which Israel as the center of Jewish civilization would r