DLCM DAILY MANNA - GOD-APPOINTED AFFLICTIONS

DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL

GOD-APPOINTED AFFLICTIONS

7^TH ,JUNE 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 25-29

TEXT: Lamentations 4:13-22

13 Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who shed in her midst The blood of the just.

14 They wandered blind in the streets; They have defiled themselves with blood, So that no one would touch their garments.

15 They cried out to them, “Go away, unclean! Go away, go away, Do not touch us!” When they fled and wandered, Those among the nations said, “They shall no longer dwell here.”

16 The face of the Lord scattered them; He no longer regards them. The people do not respect the priests Nor show favor to the elders.

17 Still our eyes failed us, Watching vainly for our help; In our watching we watched For a nation that could not save us.

18 They tracked our steps So that we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near; Our days were over, For our end had come.

19 Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the heavens. They pursued us on the mountains And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, Was caught in their pits, Of whom we said, “Under his shadow We shall live among the nations.”

21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, You who dwell in the land of Uz! The cup shall also pass over to you And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.

22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will no longer send you into captivity. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins!

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KEY VERSE:

“Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness." Lamentations 4:19

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

The path of the wicked is always hard.

THE MESSAGE:

There is a scriptural injunction which says that affliction shall not rise up the second time (Nahum 1:9). This was the prayer and heart-cry of Prophet Nahum for the people of Israel, when he saw the desolation his nation had suffered at the hand of the Assyrians. This prophet also dropped a bombshell that God "will not at all acquit the wicked" (Nahum 1:3).

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Our passage reveals the persisting wickedness carried out by the priests and prophets who were supposed to serve God and His people. Mindless atrocities and shedding of innocent blood were common acts observed among the secular and religious leaders of the day. These men did not only take God and His laws for granted, they also scorned at everything holy and divine.

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When men forget God and the truth, they certainly incur His wrath. It is understandably the reason God had to appoint strong and wicked persecutors who were "swifter than the eagles of the heaven" to pursue and carry away into exile, the Israelites who had become sinners in Zion.

God's righteous standards are unchanging. He reserves mercy for the godly while the wicked continues to experience disappointments, defeat and death, except they repent. There are divinely appointed afflictions for the recalcitrant sinners. Take good heed to God's word and commandments that you fall not into the wrath of the living God.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

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