CAC LIVING WATER-INCREASED SINS, INCREASED SORROW

LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL

INCREASED SINS, INCREASED SORROW

15^TH , MARCH 2022

EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Joshua 17-19

READ: Jeremiah 30:12-18

12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

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MEMORISE: "All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquities, because your sins have increased " –Jeremiah 30:14

EXPOSITION

God's policy remains sure. 'Give and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you' (Lk. 6:38). He gives everything according to measure, whether His blessings or otherwise, because a man shall reap what he sows (Gal. 6:7). It is alarming, today, how God's people refuse His pleas, warnings and rebuke until His anger is poured on them.

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Instead of precept upon precept, line upon line, God's people continue to add sin upon sin, and iniquity upon iniquity. And so, when God bruises them, no one is able to cure them. But what about their lovers, with whom they had romance and forgotten God? No! They would not be able to help them. Can they face the Awesome God, the Lion of the tribe of Judah?

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How many times have your 'god-fathers' failed and let you down? Ask the politicians, they will tell you there are good and bad times when it comes to relationship with their 'god-fathers'. Those who make you sin will not have medicine for your cure when you are bruised. Instead, they will mock you as they face their own punishment, too.

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Believers in Christ must know that God does not have any favourite when it comes to the issue of sin and punishment. He deals with His own children as enemies when they are recalcitrant and have failed to yield to Him in repentance and righteousness. Still, as a loving Father, He does not close that grace to repent, as His waiting arms are open to receive sinners who want to come back home (cf. Lk. 15:20). No amount of sin can be too much for God to forgive you, if you return to Him today, and free yourself from the wrath to come.

PRAYER POINT:

1. Lord, help me to see myself through the mirror of Your Word, and turn a new leaf, so I can get healed from my sin.

2. O Lord, help me to rely on You for everything, and not banking on the help of man.

3. Pray for CAC Odubanjo Region, our father in the Lord, the Superintendent, and its officers at the various levels, as led by the Spirit of God.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

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