Please read Lamentations 4.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lam/4/1/
Meditate on verse 11.
The LORD has accomplished His wrath;
He has poured out His fierce
anger,
and He has kindled a fire in Zion,
which has consumed its foundations.
God’s punishment of Jerusalem for relentless sin was fierce, and no one was left unscathed.
Lamentations 4 vividly describes
how absolutely horrific the circumstances were inside the walls of the city, so horrendous that even
compassionate mamas were boiling and eating their own children because of starvation
(v. 10).
You may have a variety of emotions toward this chapter of the Bible. Perhaps you are crying out, “How could
God allow such a thing?” Keep in
mind: sin is lamentable, its consequences grievous, and God’s wrath for it completely justifiable and
righteous. God warned the Jews over and over of what would happen if they refused to obey Him, but they loved their sinful lifestyles
more than they loved the LORD, so the events
recorded in Lamentations were some of the results.
As you take Lamentations to heart, ask God to help you see sin the way He
does, no longer taking it lightly or
considering it to be no big deal. Sin is a huge deal to God, and one proof of your salvation is that sin no
longer lords over you; Jesus does.
Come
to the LORD, humbly repenting and begging Him
not to have to do Lamentations 4:11 and
16 to you and those you are guarding as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, please forgive _________ and me.
May we obey You, so You do not
have to accomplish Your wrath
and pour out Your fierce anger.
Let us follow You so You do not kindle
a fire and consume us. We do not want to be scattered
from Your presence. Please continue to regard us.
For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the
WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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