Tuesday, January 28, 2014
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Monday, January 13, 2014
The Name of God
Everyone should praise God's great and awesome name. But the name of God is often used so carelessly in conversation that we have lost sight of it's holiness.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
The Devastation of Separation from God
Biblical Text:
Lamentations 1:1-6 ,3:21-24
Rev. M .D.
Rogers
The picture he paints in the first six verses is just a sampling of his pain; read on if you can bear it!
The temple in Zion (Jerusalem) were deserted. Worship of the One True and
Living God had come to a halt.
· All the gates of Jerusalem were desolate.
· All the priests were mourning
· All the young women were grieving.
· All Judah and Jerusalem were in deep anguish, weeping bitterly.
The great nation of Judah had become the servants of her enemies and her enemies' gods.
· All the gates of Jerusalem were desolate.
· All the priests were mourning
· All the young women were grieving.
· All Judah and Jerusalem were in deep anguish, weeping bitterly.
The great nation of Judah had become the servants of her enemies and her enemies' gods.
I'm sure there were many who asked the question, "Why did God do
this to us?" That's usually the first thing that comes out of our mouth
when we suffer.
Seldom do we point our fingers in the right direction. For Judah, the finger should have been pointed at SELF. The people had sinned. They had turned away from God. They had separated themselves from their Creator, preferring instead to pander to the sin all around them. So God withdrew His hand of protection, and the nation of Judah was soon destroyed, its capital lay desolate, its' citizens were enslaved, not just by Babylon, but also by sin.
· All the splendor and glory of Jerusalem was lost.
· All the leaders had fled like cowards.
· All of King Zedekiah's royal court had turned chicken and run when the Babylonian army broke through the wall of Jerusalem.
· Judah found out that when you hit rock bottom, there are seldom any friends around to throw you a rope.
That's what happens when you find yourself being crushed by the devastation of separation from God. Your mind instinctively thinks back...back to a time when things were better...a time when you knew who you were and WHOSE you were...a time when you lived within the framework of fellowship with the Father.
A time when you put God first.
A time when you knew better than to disobey God.
A time when your life centered around the One who KEPT you centered.
But there is hope. There is hope still for Israel, and there is hope for all mankind. Jesus is that hope.
He is the hope of the world;
He is the head of the church;
He is peace for your mind,
Joy for your heart,
And rest for the weary.
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
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