DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL
GOD WILL JUDGE ALL EVILDOERS
22ND , JUNE 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ezra 1-3
TEXT: Jeremiah 22:12-30
1 In the twenty-third year
of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of
12 but he shall die in the place where they have led
him captive, and shall see this land no more.
13 “Woe to him who
builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice, Who uses
his neighbor’s service without wages And gives him nothing for his work,
14 Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house
with spacious chambers, And cut out windows for it, Paneling it with
cedar And painting it with
vermilion.’
15 “Shall you reign
because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not
your father eat and drink,
And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
16 He judged the cause of the poor and
needy; Then it was well. Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.
17 “Yet your eyes and your heart are for
nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing
oppression and violence.”
18 Therefore thus says
the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
“They shall not
lament for him, Saying, ‘Alas, my
brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’ They shall not lament for him, Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his glory!’
19 He shall be buried with the burial of a
donkey, Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20 “Go up to Lebanon,
and cry out, And lift up your voice in Bashan; Cry from Abarim, For all your
lovers are destroyed.
21 I spoke to you in your prosperity, But you
said, ‘I will not hear.’ This has been your manner from your youth, That you did not obey My voice.
22 The wind shall eat up all your rulers,
And your lovers shall go into captivity; Surely then you will be ashamed and
humiliated For all your wickedness.
23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, Making your nest in
the cedars, How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you, Like the
pain of a woman in labor?
24 “As I live,” says the Lord, “though Coniah
the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet on My right
hand, yet I would pluck you off;
25 and I will give you into the hand of those who seek
your life, and into the hand of
those whose face you fear—the
hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 So I will cast you out, and your mother who bore
you, into another country where you were not born; and there you shall
die.
27 But to the land to which they desire to return,
there they shall not return.
28 “Is this man Coniah
a despised, broken idol— A vessel in which is no
pleasure?
Why are they cast out, he and his descendants, And cast into a land which they
do not know?
29 O earth, earth, earth, Hear the word of
the Lord!
30 Thus says the Lord: ‘Write this man down
as childless, A man who shall not prosper in
his days; For none of his descendants shall prosper, Sitting on the throne
of David, And ruling anymore in Judah.’ ”
KEY VERSE:
“Woe unto him that buildeth his house by
unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service
without wages, and giveth him not for his work- Jeremiah 22:13
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Evil pays a harmful prize. Avoid it!
THE MESSAGE:
It is often assumed that in life, the powerful can literally get
away with anything. Their wealth, influence and wide acclaim somehow confer on
them a mystique that makes it impossible to bring them to account for their
conducts. With the passage of time, they may even begin to assume that there is
nothing wrong with their actions. But while they may get away from men, they
cannot escape the inevitable judgment from God.
Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, was taught to live right by his
father but deviated from his good example. He became wicked, oppressed and
exploited his people very much. He was unwilling to pay them for their labour,
but insisted on utilising their skills, talents and time to build himself a
magnificent edifice. For cheating and oppressing his people, God decreed that
he shall die unmourned and buried as an outcast. And because his son Coniah
continued in his footsteps, he too was rejected by God. The Lord abandoned him
to his enemies who sought his life. He would go into exile from which he would
not return. He would become the last king of Judah from the lineage of Solomon
and would not have any child to succeed him.
You can never inherit your parents' faith. You must make a
definite choice to personally establish a good relationship with the Lord. You
must endeavour to follow the examples of Jesus Christ and shun all evil
practices such as fraud, cheating, covetousness and selfishness. Where you have
gone astray, you should repent and return to the Lord.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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